James Patterson Quotes

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.

I was always a slow reader, from the very beginning. I remember in first grade our teacher divided us into groups, and I was definitely in the slow group. She didn't call it that, but everybody in the class knew. But I still loved reading. Being a slow reader affected my grades in school, but it didn't affect my love for reading. I still loved going to the library, and I still loved reading books.

I always feel like my book is a success when I see a child reading it, and they have their pointer finger out, and they kind of keep their place as they look all around the page. I've always been impressed by how children are so observant.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

I'm not that big of a reader, to be honest.

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place.

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.

I'm always reading something.

It's hard recommending books for kids, and a huge responsibility. If you get it wrong, they don't tell you they hate that particular book, they tell you they hate reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.

Writers who don't read can't write well. It's that simple. The more you read, the better you read, the better you'll write. The upside is that you can't read too much, and even 'junk' reading can be constructive.

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.

My night stand is permanently jammed with books I want to read.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

I am a very nerdy reader in that I am as disciplined about my reading as I am about my writing.

I read much more that I do anything else. I don't watch too much television, because I like books.

I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time.

I never read a horse book in my life. But I thought that's what my friends were reading and that's what I should be reading. And this was "Dobbin Does This" and "Dobbin Does That."

The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter

I've always loved reading fantasy. I used to pick out all the books in the library that had the little unicorn sticker on the side to show that they were fantasy.