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I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.

James Patterson

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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Hello, Max, he said quietly, searching my face. How do you feel? Which was a ten on the 'imbecilic question' scale of one to ten. Why, I feel fine, Jeb, I said brightly. How about you? Any nausea? Headache? Yep. And it's standing here talking to me.
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Beware the anger of a patient man.
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The house was on fire, i greeted them tersely. In case you're interested. they both glanced up overhead as if to make sure the house was still standing. Fang sniffed, smelling the smoke. It's out, right? he said
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In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels. Some are almost done. Some I'm rewriting. If I'm working with a co-writer, they'll usually write the first draft. And then I write subsequent drafts.
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I don't think of myself as a writer.
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It's so strange. Everything can be going alone just great, and then one day, whack, you're blindsided-- a lousy, crammy blow you didn't see coming.
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Hey. Not sure what’s going on-gonna go find out. Be careful and don’t do anything stupid. Don’t come after me-your better on your own. See you. F I sat on the edge of the bed, holding the note. Okay, so Fang had looked up vague in the dictionary and this was what it had said to write.
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...Drifting downstream in a row boat doesn't count against your life span.
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Sometimes when you're at your most certain, that's when everything you know is wrong.
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A vet! I started laughing weakly and had to sit on the edge of the tub. A vet. Wait till they found out how appropriate that was.
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I'm big on having a blistering pace. That's one of the hallmarks of what I do, and that's not easy. I never blow up cars and things like that, so it's something else that keeps the suspense flowing. I try not to write a chapter that isn't going to turn on the movie projector in your head.
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Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.
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Gazzy: Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.
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My thing is when we're doing a movie or TV show, I just want to go in and look at it and go, That was great.
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I have an idea. It’s risky, and Max will kill us when she finds out.” Iggy raised his head. “Sounds like my kind of idea.
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Do we have any chlorine? It seems to be kind of explosive when mixed with other stuff. Like what, your socks? No, we don't have chlorine. No swimming pool.
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Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked. “Yeah.” “When?” “Right away.” “How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?” He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.
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You love me this much.
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Angel wanted them all to burn in h-e- double toothpicks forever.
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Love means you can never be apart.
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