James Patterson

“There's no such thing as a kid who hates to read. There are kids who love to read, and there are kids who are reading the wrong books.”

“I guess I'm a storyteller. That's a different thing. It's a different mindset.”

“Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't be afraid to fail. Believe in yourself.”

“Somebody's going to be the most popular writer in the world. Why not me?”

“Assume that you're going to be awesome. You are. Be humble. But be awesome.”

“Saying ‘I don’t have time’ is the adult equivalent of ‘the dog ate my homework’.”

“The best thing about being a writer is that you can have a million different lives.”

“The worst part is the blank page. The best part is a finished book.”

“Writing a book is a very lonely business. You're in a room by yourself.”

“The goal is to get kids reading.”

“If you want to be a writer, you have to write. It's not a verb, it's a noun.”

“In my experience, 'nothing' is a word that should be thrown out of the dictionary.”

“I'm not a writer, I'm a storyteller. I'm a craftsman.”

“I write for myself. I write for my own pleasure.”

“I'm a big believer in the power of stories.”

“Life is an endlessly fascinating story.”

“I don't plot my books. I don't outline. I have a general idea of where I'm going, but I'm open to whatever happens.”

“My goal is to entertain. That's what I do.”

“I believe that kids are smart, and I believe that they want to read.”

“You have to be a little bit crazy to be a writer.”