Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness
Patrick Nessis an American author, journalist and lecturer who moved to London at age of 28 and now holds dual citizenship. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth17 October 1971
CountryUnited States of America
boys numbness world
In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
choices never-let-go
We are the choices we make.
book world where-you-live
A book… it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words, where you live for a while.
stories hunts bites
Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.
fall ifs
if one of us falls, we all fall
responsibility choices
To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.
lying believe knowing
Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.
integrity responsibility choices
Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.
adjective allegiance mediocre setting
If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
badly great perform sing theory writer
If you sing beautifully about nothing, no one will listen. If you sing badly about great stuff, no one will listen. Ideas are everywhere, but my theory is that a writer doesn't just think of an idea: they perform them.
ideas good-ideas
... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.
hurt real might
Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.
men mad too-much
And too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.