James Patterson
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I turn around and he goes, oh my God, you're Tom Clancy. Same night. I said, if I'm Tom Clancy, you're in big trouble because this means you're in heaven or hell, one of the two.
I turn around and he goes, oh my God, you're Tom Clancy. Same night. I said, if I'm Tom Clancy, you're in big trouble because this means you're in heaven or hell, one of the two.
I still haven't figured that one out. What I discovered was that I loved doing it. I had not been a big reader in high school. I was a good student because I wanted to get out of my hometown. And then my family moved to Massachusetts and we were near this mental hospital, McLean, very famous. And I used to work a lot of night shifts. I was getting money to pay for college.
I still haven't figured that one out. What I discovered was that I loved doing it. I had not been a big reader in high school. I was a good student because I wanted to get out of my hometown. And then my family moved to Massachusetts and we were near this mental hospital, McLean, very famous. And I used to work a lot of night shifts. I was getting money to pay for college.
I still haven't figured that one out. What I discovered was that I loved doing it. I had not been a big reader in high school. I was a good student because I wanted to get out of my hometown. And then my family moved to Massachusetts and we were near this mental hospital, McLean, very famous. And I used to work a lot of night shifts. I was getting money to pay for college.
And I started going into Cambridge. And then I started writing stories. And I just loved it. I didn't know whether I was any good, but I loved doing it. And I would just write, write, write, write, write. When the first book came out, Thomas Behrman number, famous writer John D. MacDonald gave Little Brown a blurb. And at the time, I'm like 26 years old.
And I started going into Cambridge. And then I started writing stories. And I just loved it. I didn't know whether I was any good, but I loved doing it. And I would just write, write, write, write, write. When the first book came out, Thomas Behrman number, famous writer John D. MacDonald gave Little Brown a blurb. And at the time, I'm like 26 years old.
And I started going into Cambridge. And then I started writing stories. And I just loved it. I didn't know whether I was any good, but I loved doing it. And I would just write, write, write, write, write. When the first book came out, Thomas Behrman number, famous writer John D. MacDonald gave Little Brown a blurb. And at the time, I'm like 26 years old.
And he said that, I'm quite sure that James Patterson wrote a million words before he started this book. which is a great quote. John D. McDonough, smart guy. Reality of it is I hadn't because I hadn't been living that long, but it was a great compliment. He'd written story after story, and then I decided I'd try novel, which I was lucky.
And he said that, I'm quite sure that James Patterson wrote a million words before he started this book. which is a great quote. John D. McDonough, smart guy. Reality of it is I hadn't because I hadn't been living that long, but it was a great compliment. He'd written story after story, and then I decided I'd try novel, which I was lucky.
And he said that, I'm quite sure that James Patterson wrote a million words before he started this book. which is a great quote. John D. McDonough, smart guy. Reality of it is I hadn't because I hadn't been living that long, but it was a great compliment. He'd written story after story, and then I decided I'd try novel, which I was lucky.
I have no idea. I don't count.
I have no idea. I don't count.
I have no idea. I don't count.
They're all Guinness World Records, and I know that, and they were a long time ago, so presumably they still are. It's all fine, and it's nice, and I enjoy laughing at myself, so I smile at that. I don't take myself that seriously. Do you know how many were made into movies? I don't know how many. I mean, there were three Alex Crosses. We now have the series.
They're all Guinness World Records, and I know that, and they were a long time ago, so presumably they still are. It's all fine, and it's nice, and I enjoy laughing at myself, so I smile at that. I don't take myself that seriously. Do you know how many were made into movies? I don't know how many. I mean, there were three Alex Crosses. We now have the series.
They're all Guinness World Records, and I know that, and they were a long time ago, so presumably they still are. It's all fine, and it's nice, and I enjoy laughing at myself, so I smile at that. I don't take myself that seriously. Do you know how many were made into movies? I don't know how many. I mean, there were three Alex Crosses. We now have the series.
There was a series for Women's Murder Club, which I hated. Kids movie, a couple of documentaries, Filthy Rich, big documentary. We just finished a documentary on the murders in Idaho before college students. And that's really a good documentary because it doesn't sensationalize. It just puts you there in that town and you feel it the way the people in the town felt it and still feel it.
There was a series for Women's Murder Club, which I hated. Kids movie, a couple of documentaries, Filthy Rich, big documentary. We just finished a documentary on the murders in Idaho before college students. And that's really a good documentary because it doesn't sensationalize. It just puts you there in that town and you feel it the way the people in the town felt it and still feel it.
There was a series for Women's Murder Club, which I hated. Kids movie, a couple of documentaries, Filthy Rich, big documentary. We just finished a documentary on the murders in Idaho before college students. And that's really a good documentary because it doesn't sensationalize. It just puts you there in that town and you feel it the way the people in the town felt it and still feel it.