Rick Riordan Quotes

I don’t define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.

"He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered.

It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population.

The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

I like to have a simple workplace.

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

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

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.

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.

I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.

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

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

Turkey, Australia, and Japan are three of my top destinations.

Suspecting and knowing are not the same.

The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.

Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?

Whats up, Seaweed Brain?

Who are you?" Ethan Nakamura. I have to kill you." ??

Poison!" Grover yelped. "Don't let those things touch you or..." "Or we'll die?" I guessed. "Well...after you shrivel slowly to dust, yes." "Let's avoid the swords," I decided.

No, no, I never mess around.

"Percy, you're a brave guy," She said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?"

So which way now, Sacagawea?" - Annabeth to Rachel

Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you. Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet! Annabeth: Shut up, Silena.

Tyson," I said "We're turning around!" Going the wrong way?" he asked. Always," I grumbled, but I steered the chariot towards the stands.

Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?" "Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry!

We did all the standard camp numbers: "Down By The Aegean," "I Am My Own Great-Great-Great-Great Grandpa," "This Land is Minos's Land.

I can't get through the year without getting kicked out or blowing something up.

That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.

Race you to the road?" I said. "You are so going to lose." She (Annabeth) took off down Half-Blood Hill and I sprinted after her. For once, I didn't look back.

But you'll be killed!" "I'll be fine. Besides, we've got no choice." Annabeth glared at me like she was going to punch me. And then she did something that surprised me even more. She kissed me.

My brother broke into a toothy grin. "Yay! Your brain works!

Seriously, who has monogrammed pajamas?

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.

We were just looking at maps.

I thought maybe he was seeing another tree. - Juniper

It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years.

Grover didn't say anything for awhile. Then, when I thought he was going to give me some deep philosophical comment to make me feel better, he said, "Can I have your apple?

I gave her my deluxe I'll-Kill-You-Later stare.

Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.

Safety from what? Who's after me?" Oh, nobody much," Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of the Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions.

Hey!" I screamed, waving the jacket, running to one side of the monster. "Hey, stupid! Ground beef!

Thalia's shoulders relaxed. "I owe you one." "Two." "One and a half," Thalia said. She smiled, and for a second, I remembered that I actually liked her when she wasn't yelling at me.

She led the way. Eyeless sockets of the dead seemed to stare at them as they passed. "These are cool," Dan decided. "Maybe I could-" "No, Dan," Amy said. "You can't collect human bones." "Awww.

Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad.

With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.

Daddy will explain. Come, he is blowing up monsters.

I will not have a sea creature destroyed, if I can help it. And I can help it.

Normally, as long as I'm telling him what to do, he wins in a fight.