Top 52 Quotes by Ransom Riggs

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These are some quotes by American author Ransom Riggs Writer.

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

Woodcuts have a really timeless sort of feel, and they feel like a book that's a couple hundred years old.

Woodcuts have a really timeless sort of feel, and they feel like a book that's a couple hundred years old.

Ransom Riggs

I didn't know who I was writing for initially. I assumed 'Miss Peregrine' was for adults, because I was an adult - but I didn't know much about publishing back then.

I didn't know who I was writing for initially. I assumed 'Miss Peregrine' was for adults, because I was an adult - but I didn't know much about publishing back then.

Ransom Riggs

Fairy tales and folk tales are part of the DNA of all stories and great fun to write.

Fairy tales and folk tales are part of the DNA of all stories and great fun to write.

Ransom Riggs

I loved the 'Chronicles of Narnia.'

I loved the 'Chronicles of Narnia.'

Ransom Riggs

I think my background in film taught me that a great book adaptation is not always slavishly faithful to the source material.

I think my background in film taught me that a great book adaptation is not always slavishly faithful to the source material.

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

Ghost stories and Sherlock Holmes mysteries were great. And I had a major soft spot for those 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books.

Ghost stories and Sherlock Holmes mysteries were great. And I had a major soft spot for those 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books.

Ransom Riggs

I try to imagine the scenes as I'm writing them as if I were watching them play like a film.

I try to imagine the scenes as I'm writing them as if I were watching them play like a film.

Ransom Riggs

When you're looking through bins of thousands of random, unsorted photos, every hundredth one or so will have some writing on it.

When you're looking through bins of thousands of random, unsorted photos, every hundredth one or so will have some writing on it.

Ransom Riggs

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