Stories Quotes by Rick Riordan

Hazel blinked. “Two gods had a horse for a kid?” “Long story.

— Rick Riordan

It was one of those and so they died/the end stories, that made us demigods feels all warm and fuzzy inside.-Percy

— Rick Riordan

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.

— Rick Riordan

hermes has threatened me with slow mail. lousy Internet service and a horrible stock market if i publish this story. I hope…

— Rick Riordan

Percy’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. That’s how his mind…

— Rick Riordan

Menshikov wants to see the old gold swallowed by Apophis. He wants to see the world plunged into darkness and chaos. He…

— Rick Riordan

If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I…

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Grover: It’s a very sweet love story. I get misty-eyed every time I play it. So does Percy, but I think that’s…

— Rick Riordan

The vulture Nekhbet, who'd one possessed my gran (long story); the crocodile Sobek, who'd tried to kill my cat (longer story); and…

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I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of…

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Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if…

— Rick Riordan

Piper went a little crazy. She cried out with relief and dove straight into the water. What was she thinking? She didn't…

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Annabeth Thalia and I hadn't seen each other in months but between the blizzard and the thought of what we were about…

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If you were a god, how would you like being called a myth, an old story to explain lightning? What if I…

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It's all still about having a good story. You have to have a good story as your anchor, as your main focus.…

— Rick Riordan

I think every writer struggles in some way with writers block. The trick is to plan out what you are going to…

— Rick Riordan

What exactly did you find in Atlanta?” Frank unzipped his backpack and started bringing out souvenirs. “Some peach preserves. A couple of…

— Rick Riordan

I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They've always been my favorite.…

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While Leo fussed over his helm controls, Hazel and Frank relayed the story of the fish-centaurs and their training camp. 'Incredible,' Jason…

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[Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. “You are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.” Ella…

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I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for…

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Another guy barked orders to a small army of brooms, mops, and buckets that were scuttling around, cleaning up the city. "Like…

— Rick Riordan

Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of…

— 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…

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

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The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get…

— Rick Riordan

My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after…

— Rick Riordan

Hermes rolled his eyes. "Surely you've seen network TV lately. It's clear they don't know whether they're coming or going. That's because…

— Rick Riordan