Rick Riordan Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Writing, Character

• I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.

  Rick Riordan

  Funny, Life, Humorous

  "Cover reveal: Rick Riordan's heroes meet in 'The Son of Sobek'". Interview with Lindsay Deutsch, www.usatoday.com. May 7, 2013.

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

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Dust, House

• I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book are engaged with what I'm writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I've done my job.

  Rick Riordan

  Jobs, Book, Writing

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

• All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or maybe they'd realized I got my Essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book.

  Rick Riordan

  Teacher, Book, Reading

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.19, Penguin UK

• There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever." Octavian read the scroll. "This says, 'Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die'." "Yes," Mars said. "Is that not clear?" "Well, my lord...usually prophecies are unclear. They're wrapped in riddles. They rhyme, and..." Mars casually popped another grenade off his belt. "Yes?" "The prophecy is clear!" Octavian announced. "A quest!

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Writing, Alaska

• Doughboy," I said. "What is this scroll?" "A spell lost in time!" he pronounced. "Ancient words of tremendous power!" "Well?" I demanded. "Does it tell how to defeat Set?" "Better! The title reads: The Book of Summoning Fruit Bats!

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Bats, Titles

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

• Then she did something that really surprised me. She blinked back tears and put out her arms. I stepped forward and hugged her. Butterflies started turning my stomach into a mosh pit. "Hey, it's... it's okay." I patted her back. I was aware of everything in the room. I felt like I could read the tiniest print on any book on the shelves. Annabeth's hair smelled like lemon soap. She was shivering.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Butterfly, Hair

• Most people call it The Book of the Dead,” he told me. “Rich Egyptians were always buried with a copy, so they could have directions through the Duat to the Land of the Dead. It’s like an Idiot’s Guide to the Afterlife.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Land, Afterlife

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

• Cacus.” I’d had years of practice looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn’t know. It’s a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don’t see the need. It’s easier just to have folks explain stuff.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Years, Practice

  Rick Riordan (2012). “The Demigod Diaries (Heroes of Olympus)”, p.58, Penguin UK

• And of course I'm in the press all the time. So many books have been written about me; Into thin air, up in the air,Gone with the wind-

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Air, Wind

• but I felt as if I’d just been Photoshopped out of my own book cover. And if there was one thing I wasn’t used to, it was being ignored

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Being Ignored, Used

• I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.' The books are accurate enough that they can serve as a gateway to Homer and Virgil.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Kids, College

• 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 an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Reading, Writing

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

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Kids, Thinking

• Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my other novels, but I thought it was very innovative to offer the website and trading card components as well for those readers who wanted to go more in depth with the Cahill experience.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Writing, Mazes

  "'The 39 Clues' round-robin interview: All seven authors answer questions about the interactive adventure series". Interview with Keith Staskiewicz, ew.com. August 30, 2010.

• I like to remind teachers that even though they're all overwhelmed and overloaded, and it's easy to get burned out, it really is about the kids. It only takes one good teacher to change a life - one time, and one book. That's what happened when I was a kid. I had one good teacher that came in at the right time and turned me into a writer. So never lose sight - you could be that teacher.

  Rick Riordan

  Teacher, Book, Kids

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Writing, Found

  "'The 39 Clues' round-robin interview: All seven authors answer questions about the interactive adventure series". Interview with Keith Staskiewicz, ew.com. August 30, 2010.

• As in all Abercrombie's books, friends turn out to be enemies, enemies turn out to be friends; the line between good and evil is murky indeed; and nothing goes quite as we expect. With eye-popping plot twists and rollicking good action, Half a King is definitely a full adventure.

  Rick Riordan

  Kings, Book, Adventure

• I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Book, Teaching

• I try to craft books that are fun, that are sort of subversively educational so kids learn but they don't really feel like they're being lectured to, and I want kids to always finish one of my books and think, "That was great, where's the next one?"

  Rick Riordan

  Fun, Educational, Book

  Source: www.usatoday.com

• 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 it a different color, tear it down and build something new, or do anything they want.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Color, House

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

• The most important thing whenever we're connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and make sure that reading is a fun, rewarding experience outside the classroom.

  Rick Riordan

  Fun, Book, Reading

  Source: www.usatoday.com

• '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. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Book, Writing

• I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

  Rick Riordan

  Book, Character, Kids

  Rick Riordan, James Dashner, Brandon Mull (2014). “The 39 Clues, Infinity Ring, and Spirit Animals Powerpack”, p.614, Scholastic Inc.

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