James Rollins Quotes

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.

Families always stay the same, but they always provide more stories.

I write about families. That is who we are.

I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or apart, given the pressures that are put on it by the outside world.

I'm the youngest of three sisters. We were always performing plays for each other.

I grew up as the youngest child in a big, noisy family, and there was always someone around to hang out with.

I lived a block and a half away from four cousins, and I had three siblings. The Jaeger home was a big, messy, happy family.

My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment.

My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me. I never really wanted to do anything else.

I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo.

I write for kids because I think the most interesting (and most humorous) stories come from people's childhoods. When I was writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I had a blast talking on the phone to my younger brother, Patrick, remembering all of the things that happened to our family when we were growing up.

In a way, our family is our modern identity.

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences.

I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I think that when you've got four siblings sharing the same resources and a single kids' bathroom, it's going to get a little tense at times.

I really like reading about how families work together.

I used to tell my three younger siblings stories because that was my household chore, and I told long stories in installments because it was easier and more fun than making up a new story every night. I loved it.

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.

My siblings were a bit younger than me, and I was always entertaining them and making up stories.

With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.

I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well.

My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.

I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I come from a typical family.