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
ideas good-ideas
... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.
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.
somebody written
The books I like to read the most feel like they've been written by somebody who had to write them or go crazy. They had to get them out of their heads. I like that kind of urgency.
films mobile puts
If you're 15 and you tell someone a secret, they can put it up on Facebook. If you make a mistake, someone films it on their mobile and puts it up on YouTube. When you're 15, you deserve privacy.
cannot people reader
A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.
call reader
How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
men trouble accepting
You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.