James Patterson Quotes
I've always been into 'fast-paced, don't bore 'em, keep it moving along, stick with the story.' You know: tell a story the way I want to hear a story. I find it more rewarding to write for kids, but I also find it a little easier, because you can just let loose a little bit more in terms of fantasy and stuff.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
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It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we were both playing Russian gangsters.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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You know, I believe that technology is the great leveler. Technology permits anybody to play. And in some ways, I think technology - it's not only a great tool for democratization, but it's a great tool for eliminating prejudice and advancing meritocracies.
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I love simplicity.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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I'm terrified about psychic people who have their little shops. I always walk across the street and go somewhere else. Imagine if one of them came out with their face all pale and said, 'Hurry up and enjoy yourself.' No one wants to know that.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.
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I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do.
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As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest tests of character.
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Reading serves as a good escape when you're in the middle of doing crazy things.
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I was one of those kids who, everything I tried sports-related, I liked.
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As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness. I covered it with being funny and tough, but it's hard to be tough when you're making your cot in your bunk over soaking wet sheets and acting like nobody can smell anything.
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I've always been into 'fast-paced, don't bore 'em, keep it moving along, stick with the story.' You know: tell a story the way I want to hear a story. I find it more rewarding to write for kids, but I also find it a little easier, because you can just let loose a little bit more in terms of fantasy and stuff.
