Top 52 Quotes by Ransom Riggs

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These are some quotes by American author Ransom Riggs Writer.

'Library of Souls' is longer than 'Hollow City' by a considerable margin, but this time I was on the right track from the beginning, so I never had to start over. It took about 15 months, all told.

'Library of Souls' is longer than 'Hollow City' by a considerable margin, but this time I was on the right track from the beginning, so I never had to start over. It took about 15 months, all told.

Ransom Riggs

I grew up in Florida, which is the land of flea markets and swap meets. My grandmother loved to go these places, and she'd take me along.

I grew up in Florida, which is the land of flea markets and swap meets. My grandmother loved to go these places, and she'd take me along.

Ransom Riggs

I happen to collect the weird stuff - photos that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. The uncanny.

I happen to collect the weird stuff - photos that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. The uncanny.

Ransom Riggs

It never occurred to me that there were so many wonderful photos that had been orphaned and were out there in the world, waiting to be found. Over time, I found a lot of very strange pictures of kids, and I wanted to know who they were, what their stories were. Since the photos had no context, I decided I needed to make it up.

Ransom Riggs

When you collect photographs, you're sort of at the mercy of the gods.

When you collect photographs, you're sort of at the mercy of the gods.

Ransom Riggs

Los Angeles, which is where I live, happens to be a great place for junk. People have a lot of it, and they sell it and trade it: At these big swap meets, many, many hundreds of dealers of junk will descend upon a football field on a Saturday and sell all their stuff.

Ransom Riggs

I was in the same class of 100 kids from grade 6 through 12, many of whom I still call friends.

I was in the same class of 100 kids from grade 6 through 12, many of whom I still call friends.

Ransom Riggs

I had always secretly wanted to write a novel.

I had always secretly wanted to write a novel.

Ransom Riggs

I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talking down to people who I know are very smart.

I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talking down to people who I know are very smart.

Ransom Riggs

You find a lot of junk when you're searching through lost and tossed photo ephemera, but every so often you'll find a gem, a wallet-sized masterpiece you're certain could hang on the wall of a gallery if only someone with a name had taken it. Find one or two of those and you're hooked for life.

Ransom Riggs

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