James Patterson

"If you're going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now...Things are almost never as bad as they first seem. Loosen up, girlfriend... You could giggle more in real life."

"I grew up in a house full of women: my mother, grandmother, three sisters, and two female cats. And I still have the buzz of their conversations in my head. As an adult, I have more female friends than male ones: I just love the way that women talk."

"Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?"

"The truth will set you free, its the little white lies that'll save your ass."

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