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Writer Quotes by Rick Riordan

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Rick Riordan compares writing to a sport that needs regular practice to improve. He tells aspiring writers to find the story they must tell, saying the subject will keep them hooked. He also believes children will read if the right books are placed in their hands.

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You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.

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“For a moment, the library was as silent as…well, a library. Sam”

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And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.

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You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do…

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Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

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

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I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series.

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Writing is like a sport. If you don't practice, you don't get any better.

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I sometimes look at my bookshelves today and wonder which volumes my sons will treasure in twenty or thirty years. Which should…

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Identify the moral dilemma driving the novel. the successful novel will haunt a reader because it deals with some ethical or moral…

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I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And…

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When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I…

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It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe…

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

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

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

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I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor,…

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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…

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Teachers and librarians are some of my favorite people, especially since I was a teacher myself. I love talking to them because…

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

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I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the…

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I try to craft books that are fun, that are sort of subversively educational so kids learn but they don't really feel…

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When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's…

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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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“suit. He was reading The Wall Street Journal. The lady across the table was probably Mrs. Dare, though all I could see…

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

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

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

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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…

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I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot…

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Because I am kind of distracted, I don't tend to sit at my desk 9 to 5. It can be two hours…

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I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I…

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

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For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose…

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There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph…

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

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Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians…

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

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

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