R. W. Patterson Quotes

If you please man and never please God, you have nothing; if you please God and man forsakes you, you have everything.

It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

You are an endless project...changing, evolving, surprising.

I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping.

This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.

Men suck, even imaginary ones

You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record.

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.

The rulings of the past do not always apply in the present.

Do you ever have dirty thoughts about spongebob?

No amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftperson into an artist. That requires caring - passionate caring about ultimate things.

Only a system of state-controlled schools can be free to teach whatever the welfare of the State may demand.

I read some, and then visited with people involved in this curious, exciting and somewhat misunderstood sub-culture. I met with a fang maker, who offered to fit me for an exquisite pair.

I'm not a writer's writer. I'm not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.

Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep, and one that I'd say has served my books well.

"I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.

Max, you're the last of the hybrids who still has...a soul.' ... 'She doesn't have soul,' Gazzy scoffed. 'Have you ever seen her dance?

Gazzy: "Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.

Holy [Insert your choice of a swear word here]," said Fang stunned.

Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic.

Yes. I owed my life, Angel's life, and my mother's life to a mutant's ability to create industrial-strength snot.

They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap!

The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is tha life actually goes on.

Who ya gonna call?" "Ghostbusters!" "That phrase is ruined forever.

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.

She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.

"Uh-huh," I said. "Because all you mad, evil scientists sit around whipping up batches of Pillsbury's finest during your coffee breaks. I mean, this is pathetic."

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.

What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and world destruction?

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

Love means never having to be apart

Never underestimate the power of funny, it moves mountains.

Fair isn't fair, Dean. Like I'm supposed to help you because fair is fair? Try I need you to help me so I wont rip out your spine and beat you with it. I might respond to that, maybe.

You can't find the answers on the bottom of a whiskey glass, but if you look hard enough you'll forget the questions.

Beware the anger of a patient man.

Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open." Have you been watching Oprah again?

Don't ever leave me again." -Max I won't. I won't not ever." -Fang

The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself.

Max: "Fang! This is a huge break! Of course we should go check it out!" Fang: "But we're grounded." Max and Fang: (stare at each other for a second and burst out laughing)

It was a pretty complete list. The kind of list one makes when one cannot fall asleep because one's thoughts keep swirling through one's brain like a bunch of sparrows on crack.

Yes," I said. "My name is seven-five-nine-nine-three-nine-ex-dash-one. Junior.

I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of weight.

Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.

Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef jerky in their eyes! Now, that's a plan!

Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

Yes!” said Fang, punching the air. “Freaks rule.

I’ve been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn’t fall nearly fast enough!”-Iggy