My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone. James Patterson More Quotes by James Patterson More Quotes From James Patterson Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it. James Patterson mindgivingreality Half the time when brothers wrestle, it's just an excuse to hug each other. James Patterson hugsiblingbrother Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. James Patterson motivationalfriendshiplife Never underestimate the power of funny, it moves mountains. James Patterson mountainunderestimatemoving Bad stuff happens. James Patterson oceanbeautifulmoving Stop trying to write sentences and start trying to write stories. James Patterson storieswritingtrying A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night James Patterson finding-someonelovenight Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you. James Patterson mayhelpingmight You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading. James Patterson best-thingsreadingthinking Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet. James Patterson special-youmemorieslife Another day. Get up and face it. James Patterson another-dayget-upfaces For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. James Patterson inspiringinspirationallife Home is wherever we all are together. James Patterson togetherhome The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking. James Patterson grieflossideas Okay, okay, okay. I understood that pushing the elevator button over and over again would not make the elevator appear sooner. But I couldn't help myself James Patterson buttonspushinghelping The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free. James Patterson moving-onnicelaughing What are we but our stories? James Patterson stories If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If you want to write for others...become an author. James Patterson wantdiarieswriting Dreams die hard. And sometimes they don't have to die at all. James Patterson diesdreamsometimes I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.' James Patterson compassionmeanpeople
