Richard North Patterson Quotes

#1. My life in politics has taught me that the only thing more difficult than fighting against our enemies is taking questions from my friends." Amid knowing chuckles, he promised, "Nonetheless, I shall do my best.

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#2. Morally repugnant and tactically stupid are a lousy combination.

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#3. The impostor syndrome. I know it well. Inside every self-assured professional lives a frightened neurotic who prays that he can somehow succeed before his clients discover the fraud. It's the guilty secret that drives us all.

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

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#5. The only judgment that truly matters is the final judgment.

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#6. In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.'" He

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#7. Really? Paul Ryan truly prefers that a narcissistic, ignorant, ungovernable, unqualified, race-baiting, misogynistic moron becomes our next president?

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#8. Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft to the point where one cannot change it is to greatly enhance the prospects of never publishing.

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#9. Who says they're all criminals? -he parried- some might actually be innocent. others may need someone to explain them. there are reasons why we become the way we are, which often aren't apparent on the surface of our lives

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#10. Religion also teaches kindness, personal responsibility, and the grace not to judge people by the worst moments in their lives.

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

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#12. I have a life. A real one. And not all of it is with you.

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#13. The manuscript you submit [should not] contain any flaws that you can identify - it is up to the writer to do the work, rather than counting on some stranger in Manhattan to do it for him.

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#14. His legacy, if there is one, is that I try to do my best to see people whole, for who they are and what they've been through. especially those who matters to me

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#15. Chicago," Bright answered sardonically, "is not just a place. It's a state of mind.

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#16. I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

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#17. If someone really interests you, you'll learn about them yourself.

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#18. The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.

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#19. Problem was that we could make things worse but we couldn't make anything better.

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#20. Are you a consumer or producer?

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

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#22. No one should be judged by the worst moment of his life.

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#23. He knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives

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#24. Morning light through his windshield was pale and tired; the city had the desultory, cluttered look of a living room after a drunken party; Martin

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