Quotes from James Patterson

I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?" I just pray, Daniel. That's all.

Plus her mom was so awesome. She was strict about some things—don't leave your socks lying around—but so not strict about other things, like calling the cops about my bullet wound.

Yes. I owed my life, Angel's life, and my mother's life to a mutant's ability to create industrial-strength snot.

The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.

The hardest part about parenting is when I have to be The Dad--aka the Fun-Sucker--as opposed to being a friend.

The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'

How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?

What, eBay isn't good enough for us?

There's nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.

Fair isn't fair, Dean. Like I'm supposed to help you because fair is fair? Try I need you to help me so I wont rip out your spine and beat you with it. I might respond to that, maybe.

Fang looked at me, hope in his eyes, and I smirked at him. I save the huge emotional kissy-face for imminent death scenes. This probably didn't qualify.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

It's been said that love finds you when you're ready.

He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistence. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.

Write the story. Don't write sentences.

choose now," he spat, his eyes practically shooing sparks. "me or him." gosh,Fang, you romantic fool," i said sarcastically."howw incredibly sexist pig of you.

When your own romantic life is falling apart, everyone else's looks fabulous.

Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.

With my adult books, for the first six weeks or so, it's about 60 percent ebooks in terms of sales. The kids' books, it's like 5 percent. Which means that the parents, the ones that aren't going into stores now, they're no longer buying books for their kids, which is not great.

Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep, and one that I'd say has served my books well.

You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past?

You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?' 'No, Dean. It's just Max.

Well, that's an evil smile.

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.