"I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Exorcist'. I hadn't read a lot of commercial fiction, and I liked them."

-- James Patterson

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #School Quotes

“Moving to London was a culture shock, but in a really good way. I'm more aware now, and I'm less trusting of people in the music industry.”
“You've changed," he said. "You're-uh-" "Yes?" "Taller." "I hope so. I was ten the last time you saw me." "And your hair's really dark now-and short," he added.”
“Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.”
“I actually got dared to audition for the dance team. All my track-and-field buddies dared me to audition, and I was one of the few guys who did it.”
“I think family movies have gotten so rich in this country.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We all know that a good person can be a bad artist.But no one will ever be a genuine artist unless he is a great human being and thus also a good one.”
“All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.”

Source : "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.
“Everyone says youve got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense!”

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