Books Quotes by Rick Riordan

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

— Rick Riordan

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

— Rick Riordan

Good job on Percy Jackson I read all of them 8 times and have listened 42 times and still not bored Thanks.

— Rick Riordan

I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.

— Rick Riordan

“What's the best part about writing a book? Finishing it.”

— Rick Riordan

“Oh, dear reader, it was hard to yell such words at my own handsome visage, but I did. Such was my courage.”

— Rick Riordan

The store had a hand-painted sign the read: MOOSE PASS GAS. "That's just wrong," Frank said.

— Rick Riordan

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.

— Rick Riordan

The most important thing whenever we're connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and…

— Rick Riordan

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost…

— Rick Riordan

Every child is different. I think it's important that we don't have maybe just one or two books that we're recommending to…

— Rick Riordan

My problem is never ideas. I've got more than I'll ever have time to write. It's all about how many I can…

— Rick Riordan

Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What…

— Rick Riordan

I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In…

— Rick Riordan

Selling one's book to Hollywood is rather like selling someone your house. After it's sold, it isn't yours anymore. They can paint…

— Rick Riordan

It's wonderful being an author and having so many kids enjoying my books. That's always been my dream job, and I feel…

— Rick Riordan

You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write…

— Rick Riordan

Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my other novels, but I thought it…

— Rick Riordan

There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world,…

— Rick Riordan

“If you can read this, then surprise! You're probably a demigod too. That's because only demigods - and a few special mortals,…

— Rick Riordan

No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before…

— Rick Riordan

Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation…

— Rick Riordan

The sign was spray-painted in Arabic and English, probably from some attempt by the farmer to sell his wares in the market.…

— Rick Riordan

“At the end of the warehouse was a dais constructed from pallets of books: stack of vampire novels, walls of James Patterson…

— Rick Riordan

He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside…

— Rick Riordan

“Look, I didnt want to be a half-blood. If you're reading this because you think you might be one, my advice is:…

— Rick Riordan

“That’s right, dear reader. I, the most important passenger, the youth who had once been the glorious god Apollo, was forced to…

— Rick Riordan

WARNING: The following is a transcript of a digital recording. In certain places, the audio quality was poor, so some words and…

— Rick Riordan

I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and…

— Rick Riordan

I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination.

— Rick Riordan

The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images.

— Rick Riordan

i love to read and you should read percy kackson & the olympians the last one the best

— Rick Riordan

I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's…

— Rick Riordan

I've never been a collector - just a consumer - and these days unless a book is signed to me by another…

— Rick Riordan

The deeper I go into mythology, the more I find. I originally did five 'Percy Jackson' books. I thought that would cover…

— Rick Riordan

I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways…

— Rick Riordan

Doughboy," I said. "What is this scroll?" "A spell lost in time!" he pronounced. "Ancient words of tremendous power!" "Well?" I demanded.…

— Rick Riordan

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong…

— Rick Riordan

Most people call it The Book of the Dead,” he told me. “Rich Egyptians were always buried with a copy, so they…

— Rick Riordan

“About the new saga of Camp Half-Blood, Percy continues to narrate the book? Rachel (the new Delphic oracle) will remain on the…

— Rick Riordan