All Rick Riordan Quotes
- I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons. Feel
- I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes. Able
- I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it. Call
- I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters. Amazing
- I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say it'll never happen. Classroom
- I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce. Book
- I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for. Capacity
- I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series. Even Started
- I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom. Classroom
- I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write. Always Found
- I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults. Adult
- It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends. Always Hard
- Turkey, Australia, and Japan are three of my top destinations. Australia
- My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after Norse mythology. She… Based
- When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding… Book
- Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a… Adult
- 'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise.… Adult
- I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it… Avoid
- I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They've always been my favorite. On the other… Been
- I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds:… Adulthood
- I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have… Art
- I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so I knew a… Been
- I've never been a collector - just a consumer - and these days unless a book is signed to me by another author, I don't… Another Author
- To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods… Angry
- When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of… Book