Patrick Ness Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
-
It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
-
I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
-
I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
-
When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
-
I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
-
I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
-
When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
-
I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
-
You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
-
I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
-
A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
-
The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
-
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
-
What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
-
Everyone needs help when they try something new.
-
Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
-
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
-
All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.
-
When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.
-
I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.
-
I played French horn, and I certainly do miss it. I miss it. I wish I had the time to keep up with it. It's like exercising: You have to keep it up, especially the muscles in your lips to deal with the French horn.
-
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
-
Time goes on, even when yer not looking.
