There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going.
James PattersonWhy, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don't have one? I did.
James PattersonI muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty mouth
James PattersonSometimes when you're at your most certain, that's when everything you know is wrong.
James PattersonIf it's commercial fiction that you want to write, it's story, story, story. You've got to get a story where if you tell it to somebody in a paragraph, they'll go, "Tell me more." And then when you start to write it, they continue to want to read more. And if you don't, it won't work.
James Patterson