James Patterson

And then I notice it, but it doesn't turn me on at all about this particular mystery or whatever the heck it is. a related thing. When I was in advertising, I used to address the first year people and I would get up there and say, I can tell you the secret to making a million dollars a year or some nice sum in advertising. And it really is relatively simple.

And I'd call up somebody and they would give me this cream pie and I would stand there holding this cream pie in front of a hundred or so first year people. And then I would call somebody up from the audience and I would sit there holding the pie and they're standing next to me and I'm looking at them and holding the pie. And I said, well, here's how it goes. I gave the pie to your person.

And I'd call up somebody and they would give me this cream pie and I would stand there holding this cream pie in front of a hundred or so first year people. And then I would call somebody up from the audience and I would sit there holding the pie and they're standing next to me and I'm looking at them and holding the pie. And I said, well, here's how it goes. I gave the pie to your person.

And I'd call up somebody and they would give me this cream pie and I would stand there holding this cream pie in front of a hundred or so first year people. And then I would call somebody up from the audience and I would sit there holding the pie and they're standing next to me and I'm looking at them and holding the pie. And I said, well, here's how it goes. I gave the pie to your person.

I said, hit me. They hit me in the face with the cream pie. And I said, here's the secret. Hit them in the face with the cream pie. And while you have their attention, say something smart. That's it. No cream pie. They didn't even notice it. So forget about it. You're just talking to yourself. And if you don't say something smart, once you get their attention, it's irrelevant. And that's it.

I said, hit me. They hit me in the face with the cream pie. And I said, here's the secret. Hit them in the face with the cream pie. And while you have their attention, say something smart. That's it. No cream pie. They didn't even notice it. So forget about it. You're just talking to yourself. And if you don't say something smart, once you get their attention, it's irrelevant. And that's it.

I said, hit me. They hit me in the face with the cream pie. And I said, here's the secret. Hit them in the face with the cream pie. And while you have their attention, say something smart. That's it. No cream pie. They didn't even notice it. So forget about it. You're just talking to yourself. And if you don't say something smart, once you get their attention, it's irrelevant. And that's it.

Hit them and no cream pie, no sale, and nothing motivational, no sale.

Hit them and no cream pie, no sale, and nothing motivational, no sale.

Hit them and no cream pie, no sale, and nothing motivational, no sale.

No, it should. And on another scale, the whole thing about chapters flowing into chapters. One of the things you always like to do at the end of the chapter is they must turn that next page. Bill Goldman, just to be reading Marathon Man, he's so good at that. And it was a good movie, but the book is so much better. It's just every single chapter.

No, it should. And on another scale, the whole thing about chapters flowing into chapters. One of the things you always like to do at the end of the chapter is they must turn that next page. Bill Goldman, just to be reading Marathon Man, he's so good at that. And it was a good movie, but the book is so much better. It's just every single chapter.

No, it should. And on another scale, the whole thing about chapters flowing into chapters. One of the things you always like to do at the end of the chapter is they must turn that next page. Bill Goldman, just to be reading Marathon Man, he's so good at that. And it was a good movie, but the book is so much better. It's just every single chapter.

The writing is just wonderful, so entertaining, and he just keeps sucking you in and surprising you every single chapter. That's what the really good ones do.

The writing is just wonderful, so entertaining, and he just keeps sucking you in and surprising you every single chapter. That's what the really good ones do.

The writing is just wonderful, so entertaining, and he just keeps sucking you in and surprising you every single chapter. That's what the really good ones do.

I already was succeeding, so I had some bestsellers, so I knew I was semi-comfortable. That's also one of the stories in the autobiography where I had a house on the ocean in the Jersey shores. It wasn't a mansion, but it was a nice house. And it was a Sunday and I had to go back to New York to do some advertising crap. And I'm like, oh man, I hate this.

I already was succeeding, so I had some bestsellers, so I knew I was semi-comfortable. That's also one of the stories in the autobiography where I had a house on the ocean in the Jersey shores. It wasn't a mansion, but it was a nice house. And it was a Sunday and I had to go back to New York to do some advertising crap. And I'm like, oh man, I hate this.

I already was succeeding, so I had some bestsellers, so I knew I was semi-comfortable. That's also one of the stories in the autobiography where I had a house on the ocean in the Jersey shores. It wasn't a mansion, but it was a nice house. And it was a Sunday and I had to go back to New York to do some advertising crap. And I'm like, oh man, I hate this.

And I was on the Jersey Turnpike or one of the roads going north. And it was like five mile an hour traffic. It was hideous. And I'm on that road and I don't want to go back to New York anyway. It's a beautiful day. I just left the beach and it's like one o'clock in the afternoon or something. And on the other side of the road, like about every 15 seconds, a car went by. Whoosh. Another 10.