“I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You know how teachers tell you the magic word is 'please'? That's not true. The magic word is 'puke'. It will get… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.'… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I could always see myself being a teacher. I remember sitting in class as a kid, listening to the teacher and thinking,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I tend to think of a myth and then explore how it would play out if it were happening in the modern-day… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Teachers and librarians are some of my favorite people, especially since I was a teacher myself. I love talking to them because… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour, though I was careful… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I like to remind teachers that even though they're all overwhelmed and overloaded, and it's easy to get burned out, it really… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“It made sense, and I felt kind of stupid. I’d been hanging around dryads” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“That awkward moment when you jump out a window because your friend jumped out a window, then you remember that your other friend can… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“He started toward the entrance. Seriously, how could he not? He stopped when he noticed the girl. She was kneeling in her vegetable garden,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection! — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“When you take someone’s hand and lead them to Valhalla, you get a glimpse into their soul.” “Did that happen when you took me?”… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“he didn’t look as good as Piper had last night after she’d suddenly been transformed.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
There’s my baby!” I cried, quite carried away. “There’s my Poochiekins!” Ammit ran at me and leaped into my arms, nuzzling me with his… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Leo plunked the cheese wheel in front of me. "Cut me a wedge of this, my good ma. Chop-chop!" I scowled at him. "Don't… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It's all still about having a good story. You have to have a good story as your anchor, as your main focus. So for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I disobeyed Ra's wishes, and so he ordered my onw father, Shu-" "Hang on," I said. "Shoe?" "S-h-u," she said. "The god of the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
