Rick Riordan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“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 lot of mythological monsters already. Sometimes I still use books and Web sites to research, though. Every time I research Greek mythology, I learn something new!”

“I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers' imagination.”

“I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and it's so much richer than you might get in an average Greek mythology text. I feel like an archaeologist - I'm dusting off these things that people have not seen for thousands of years and bringing them into the modern world.”

“It's hard enough to be a middle-school kid, because you're dealing with so many facets of your identity - you're changing socially, you're changing physically, you're changing emotionally, everything is in flux, and to put race on top of that as well and have to figure out your racial identity is extremely hard.”

“I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.”

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

“I like to have a simple workplace.”

“I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading and wanting to read more, and if they left my classroom thinking that reading is boring, then I haven't done my job.”