James Patterson Quotes About Writing

• When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.

  James Patterson

  Writing, Stories, Want

• Deja de intentar escribir frases y empieza a escribir historias.

  James Patterson

  Escribir, Intentar, Historias

• Hey. Not sure what’s going on-gonna go find out. Be careful and don’t do anything stupid. Don’t come after me-your better on your own. See you. F I sat on the edge of the bed, holding the note. Okay, so Fang had looked up vague in the dictionary and this was what it had said to write.

  James Patterson

  Stupid, Writing, Bed

• Nunca he leído novelas policíacas. Empecé en la universidad escribiendo un libro más serio. En esa época leí "El día del chacal" y "El exorcista". No había leído mucha ficción comercial, y me gustaron.

  James Patterson

  Book, Writing, School

  "James Patterson interview with longtime editor Michael Pietsch". Interview with Michael Pietsch, www.usatoday.com. March 15, 2013.

• I think sometimes we give people a lot of credit just because they're writing nice sentences even if it isn't adding up to much.

  James Patterson

  Agradable, Escribir, Pensar

• I'm big on having a blistering pace. That's one of the hallmarks of what I do, and that's not easy. I never blow up cars and things like that, so it's something else that keeps the suspense flowing. I try not to write a chapter that isn't going to turn on the movie projector in your head.

  James Patterson

  Writing, Blow, Car

• Si lo que quieres escribir es ficción comercial, es historia, historia, historia. Tienes que conseguir una historia que si se la cuentas a alguien en un párrafo, te diga: "Cuéntame más". Y luego, cuando empiezas a escribirla, siguen queriendo leer más. Y si no, no funcionará.

  James Patterson

  Escritura, Ficción, Cuentos

• Supongo que escribo cuatro o cinco horas al día, pero lo hago siete días a la semana. Es muy disciplinado, sí, pero para mí es una alegría.

  James Patterson

  Escribir, Alegría, Cuatro

• In my office in Florida I have, I think, 30 manuscript piles around the room. Some are screenplays or comic books or graphic novels. Some are almost done. Some I'm rewriting. If I'm working with a co-writer, they'll usually write the first draft. And then I write subsequent drafts.

  James Patterson

  Libro, Escritura, Pensamiento

• I write larger than life. It's what I do.

  James Patterson

  Writing, Larger Than Life

• If I'm writing and a chapter isn't coming, I just move ahead.

  James Patterson

  Moving, Writing, Chapters

• A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren't that terrific.

  James Patterson

  Falling In Love, Writing, People

• Si quieres escribir para ti, hazte un diario. Si quieres escribir para tus amigos, hazte un blog. Si quieres escribir para los demás... conviértete en autor.

  James Patterson

  Escribir, Diarios, Want

• I did know that the book would end with a mind-boggling trial, but I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. I like a little suspense when I am writing, too.

  James Patterson

  Libro, Escritura, Mente

• I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each scene is supposed to accomplish.

  James Patterson

  Libro, Escritura, Números

  "The Great Gatsby : But First, a Word From Viagra" by Marie Woolf, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2013.

• 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

  Writing, Paris, Fans

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