Top 500 James Patterson Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan, this is definitely a novel for you.”

— James Patterson

52. “Why, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don’t have one? I did.”

— James Patterson

53. “I only have two speeds. Hostile and Smart-Aleck. Your choice.”

— James Patterson

54. “If you’re going around in circles, maybe you’re cutting corners.”

— James Patterson

55. “Then I went to bed and cried into my pillow. I wasn’t sad, not at all. It was just so beautiful to have an intense feeling and the right words at the same time. What are we but our stories?”

— James Patterson

56. “What do you think I am, some kind of idiot?” Attention! Do not answer that question! I repeat, do NOT answer that question!”

— James Patterson

57. “Fear is not the answer, not ever.”

— James Patterson

58. “Bad stuff does happen somtimes, Nicolas. Always rememnber that, but remember that you have to move on, somehow. You just pick up your head and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean, and you move the hell on.”

— James Patterson

59. “Victory belongs to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”

— James Patterson

60. “Well, I don’t know. Mostly I just suck up what life throws my way, stomp on it, and then keep going. I don’t dwell much on what I am or how I got this way. It just is. I just am. I’m Max, and whatever form I take, it’s good enough for me.”

— James Patterson

61. “There are thousands of people who don’t like what I do. Fortunately, there are millions who do.”

— James Patterson

62. “I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality books that will turn them on to the joy of reading and turn them into lifelong readers.”

— James Patterson

63. “The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: ‘To know God and to show God.’”

— James Patterson

64. “I choose you, Max. -Fang.”

— James Patterson

65. “You stand out like a fart in a church.”

— James Patterson

66. “You will never stumble while on your knees.”

— James Patterson

67. “Life is fun. Enjoy the ride!”

— James Patterson

68. “Dead Max was the biggest oxymoron in history.”

— James Patterson

69. “WARNING If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment.”

— James Patterson

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

— James Patterson

71. “Normal behavior, therefore, is when we collectively believe that the circumstances justify the behavior. Likewise, abnormal behavior is when we don’t.”

— James Patterson

72. “My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, ’cause I’m just funny that way.”

— James Patterson

73. “What is a lie? It’s a distortion of reality, presented as reality.”

— James Patterson

74. “Purple is such a twisted, complex color – it conveys the passion of red, the sadness of blue, the depravity of black. Purple is neither happy nor sad. It is pain and despair but longing, too – fiery desire, beaten and bruised but struggling onward, determined to overcome, to move forward rather than retreat.”

— James Patterson

75. “But remember that you have to move on, somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean, and you move the hell on.”

— James Patterson

76. “Who but the devil lives like a king in the middle of hell.”

— James Patterson

77. “Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.”

— James Patterson

78. “Because now, the magic is everywhere.”

— James Patterson

79. “Sometimes when you’re at your most certain, that’s when everything you know is wrong.”

— James Patterson

80. “I offered to pee on him, but they said no.”

— James Patterson

81. “Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.”

— James Patterson

82. “Every journey begins with one step.”

— James Patterson

83. “Another day. Get up and face it.”

— James Patterson

84. “Fang: When do I get out of here? Max: They say a week. Fang: So, like, tomorrow? Max: That’s what I’m thinking.”

— James Patterson

85. “The actor Danny Kaye used to say, “Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it.” I like that thought. More important, I try to live by it as much as I can. I.”

— James Patterson

86. “He landed 10 feet below with a sickening crunch-i’m guessing his enhancements didn’t allow him to bounce back up like a ball. we call that a design flaw.”

— James Patterson

87. “You can’t tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.”

— James Patterson

88. “Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they’re gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that’s what I give them. That’s all I’m trying to do. Is that really so wrong?”

— James Patterson

89. “It’s been said that love finds you when you’re ready.”

— James Patterson

90. “Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture.”

— James Patterson

91. “And there I was, pretty as heck, brown eyes, a few freckles, fashion challenged, and a bad attitude. Max II.”

— James Patterson

92. “Well, I get under people’s skins. It’s a gift I have, what can I say?”

— James Patterson

93. “You’re the most stubborn person I’ve ever met, and sometimes it seems like your sole purpose in life is to make mine harder, but I swear, I love you more than I thought I could love anyone.”

— James Patterson

94. “Between Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and Dorothy Parker, everything worth saying has already been said, and said better than i could ever say it.”

— James Patterson

95. “Congratulations. The fact that you’re reading this means you’ve taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.”

— James Patterson

96. “What are we but our stories?”

— James Patterson

97. “I don’t smile as much as I should, even though I smile inside a lot.”

— James Patterson

98. “A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night.”

— James Patterson

99. “You’re lucky if you find something you like to do, and it’s a miracle if somebody will pay you to do it.”

— James Patterson

100. “Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It’s called Four Blind Mice and it’s a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.”

— James Patterson