James Patterson

Every day that Jack, when he was a kid, and when he comes home now, he gets a hug every day. That's the deal. One of my friends, his kids played football in high school, and we were over at their house for dinner one night. My friend's a teacher, high school teacher. And after dinner, the boys were heading out the front door, and he goes, where do you guys think you're going?

Because we're going out, man. He said, come here. He pulled him over and he made him give him a hug before they went out. And I said, I always remember. I said, I'm going to do that, man. I'm going to do it. That's a great thing.

Because we're going out, man. He said, come here. He pulled him over and he made him give him a hug before they went out. And I said, I always remember. I said, I'm going to do that, man. I'm going to do it. That's a great thing.

Because we're going out, man. He said, come here. He pulled him over and he made him give him a hug before they went out. And I said, I always remember. I said, I'm going to do that, man. I'm going to do it. That's a great thing.

Yeah, that's one of the big things. Absolutely. Oh, but those two paragraphs, they really don't, they shouldn't be there. Or that chap, oh my God, no. Like the Hummingbird book that he talked about. Yeah, you get the sunk cost fallacy. And writers are like that. Oh, that sentence, it's so beautiful. Yeah, but it really doesn't fit, man. And there's a lot of stuff like that.

Yeah, that's one of the big things. Absolutely. Oh, but those two paragraphs, they really don't, they shouldn't be there. Or that chap, oh my God, no. Like the Hummingbird book that he talked about. Yeah, you get the sunk cost fallacy. And writers are like that. Oh, that sentence, it's so beautiful. Yeah, but it really doesn't fit, man. And there's a lot of stuff like that.

Yeah, that's one of the big things. Absolutely. Oh, but those two paragraphs, they really don't, they shouldn't be there. Or that chap, oh my God, no. Like the Hummingbird book that he talked about. Yeah, you get the sunk cost fallacy. And writers are like that. Oh, that sentence, it's so beautiful. Yeah, but it really doesn't fit, man. And there's a lot of stuff like that.

I don't think people would like me as an editor because I'd be cutting a lot of stuff out.

I don't think people would like me as an editor because I'd be cutting a lot of stuff out.

I don't think people would like me as an editor because I'd be cutting a lot of stuff out.

Well, even, you know, with CEOs and stuff, when my editor became the head of Little Brown and I said to my editor, I said, Michael, one of the things you want to consider doing, you sit down and the night before you've done your to-do list, the 20 things you got to do, when you go in the next morning, the first thing you do is cross off 10 of the things.

Well, even, you know, with CEOs and stuff, when my editor became the head of Little Brown and I said to my editor, I said, Michael, one of the things you want to consider doing, you sit down and the night before you've done your to-do list, the 20 things you got to do, when you go in the next morning, the first thing you do is cross off 10 of the things.

Well, even, you know, with CEOs and stuff, when my editor became the head of Little Brown and I said to my editor, I said, Michael, one of the things you want to consider doing, you sit down and the night before you've done your to-do list, the 20 things you got to do, when you go in the next morning, the first thing you do is cross off 10 of the things.

In like 30 seconds, you've cut your workload in half because you're prioritizing and cutting out stuff that really didn't need to get done, that you nervously or foolishly put down there.

In like 30 seconds, you've cut your workload in half because you're prioritizing and cutting out stuff that really didn't need to get done, that you nervously or foolishly put down there.

In like 30 seconds, you've cut your workload in half because you're prioritizing and cutting out stuff that really didn't need to get done, that you nervously or foolishly put down there.

Yeah. And I'm sure Warren's a very nice guy. And yeah, it was weird, though. I can't remember whether it was his agent. I think it was his agent. He said, Warren would really like to meet with you. I said, oh, that'd be great. I'd love to meet with Warren Beatty. Terrific. Bonnie and Clyde, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then he walked over like about 10 minutes later. I'm like, okay. It's so weird.

Yeah. And I'm sure Warren's a very nice guy. And yeah, it was weird, though. I can't remember whether it was his agent. I think it was his agent. He said, Warren would really like to meet with you. I said, oh, that'd be great. I'd love to meet with Warren Beatty. Terrific. Bonnie and Clyde, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then he walked over like about 10 minutes later. I'm like, okay. It's so weird.

Yeah. And I'm sure Warren's a very nice guy. And yeah, it was weird, though. I can't remember whether it was his agent. I think it was his agent. He said, Warren would really like to meet with you. I said, oh, that'd be great. I'd love to meet with Warren Beatty. Terrific. Bonnie and Clyde, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then he walked over like about 10 minutes later. I'm like, okay. It's so weird.

Okay. Didn't want to get rejected. It was a little strange, whatever it was. What was the Tom Cruise? The Tom Cruise, that was just hilarious. So we have the same age in creative artists. We're sort of on different levels.