I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them. Rick Riordan bookchancechild Change image and share on social
The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images. Rick Riordan bookheadimage Change image and share on social
The older I get, the less I obsess about material stuff. In fact, stuff has become the enemy. There always seems to be more of it than I have storage in my house! Rick Riordan enemyfacthouse Change image and share on social
All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together. Rick Riordan bitcharacterhave Change image and share on social
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write. Rick Riordan bookfindhard Change image and share on social
My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning. Rick Riordan classroomfungoal Change image and share on social
My problem is never ideas. I've got more than I'll ever have time to write. It's all about how many I can get to, and which ones readers want to see the most. Rick Riordan haveideaproblem Change image and share on social
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. Rick Riordan changedealemotionally share on social
I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers. Rick Riordan creategoallife Change image and share on social
I've never been a collector - just a consumer - and these days unless a book is signed to me by another author, I don't normally have any qualms about passing it to a friend or donating it to the library. Rick Riordan authorbookcollector share on social