James Patterson, on reading:

If you're not reading - with your heart as well as your brain - you will be one stupid grown up.
Even worst, you'll be missing out on one of the best experiences you can possibly have.
Nowhere will you meet more interesting people than in books.

- James Patterson.

James Patterson, on reading:

You see, one of the best things about reading

is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

- James Patterson.

James Patterson, on reading and writing:

I learnt to love reading.
And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.

- James Patterson.

James Patterson, on reading:

Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery;
reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

- James Patterson.

James Patterson, on reading:

Better readers are better thinkers.

- James Patterson.

On this day in movie history - In the Heat of the Night (1967):

In the Heat of the Night

directed by Norman Jewison,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel by John Ball,

was released in the United States on August 2, 1967.
Music by Quincy Jones.
Theme song In the Heat of the Night written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.
Sung by Ray Charles.

Cast:

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert, Beah Richards, Peter Whitney, Kermit Murdock, Larry D. Mann, Matt Clark, Arthur Malet, Fred Stewart, Quentin Dean, Scott Wilson, Timothy Scott, William C. Watson, Eldon Quick, Stuart Nisbet, Khalil Bezaleel, Peter Masterson, Jester Hairston, Phil Adams, Nikita Knatz, Sam Reese, Anthony James, Clegg Hoyt, Alan Oppenheimer, Buzz Barton.