“Hope does not leave without being given permission.” ― Rick Riordan
“Life is only precious because it ends.” ― Rick Riordan
“True success requires sacrifice.” ― Rick Riordan
“The images from the book you make in your head are always going to be the best images.” ― Rick Riordan
“I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.” ― Rick Riordan
“Intelligence won wars, not brute force.” ― Rick Riordan
“Always, always have a plan.” ― Rick Riordan
“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.” ― Rick Riordan
“I do like to wrap things up and leave some things to the readers’ imagination.” ― Rick Riordan
“I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I’ve had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.” ― Rick Riordan
“It’s always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.” ― Rick Riordan
“Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.” ― Rick Riordan
“The most important thing whenever we’re connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and make sure that reading is a fun, rewarding experience outside the classroom.” ― Rick Riordan
“I’ve always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.” ― Rick Riordan
“No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.” ― Rick Riordan
“Where’s the glory in repeating what others have done?” Rick Riordan
“Even strength must bow to wisdom sometime.” ― Rick Riordan
“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
“As a teacher, I’ve never seen anything like Harry Potter. That’s why I smart when people talk about the next ‘Harry Potter. There is no next Harry Potter.” ― Rick Riordan
“The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.” ― Rick Riordan
“Great victory requires great risk. -Hera”
“Be careful of love. It’ll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.” ― Rick Riordan
“You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.” ― Rick Riordan
“The real world is where the monsters are.” ― Rick Riordan
“I think the more you understand myths, the more you understand the roots of our culture and the more things will resonate. Do you have to know them? No, but certainly it is nice to recognize how deeply these things are embedded in our literature, our art.” ― Rick Riordan
“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
“You have to work hard to get to the top of your game. I think every writer has doubts! I still do all the time.” ― Rick Riordan
“Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.” ― Rick Riordan
“I think that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for.” ― Rick Riordan
“I think anytime you’re writing to the middle grades, you’re writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents.” ― Rick Riordan
“I don’t think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don’t generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It’s not like being a movie star.” ― Rick Riordan
“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 one’s readers want to see the most.” ― Rick Riordan
“I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake, they’ll call me on it.” ― Rick Riordan
“It’s not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better.” ― Rick Riordan
“Writing is like a sport, it’s like athletics. If you don’t practice, you don’t get any better.” ― Rick Riordan
“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.” ― Rick Riordan
“I have more ideas than I’ll ever be able to write in five lifetimes.” ― Rick Riordan
“For me, writing for kids is harder because they’re a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing or if you have pages of extraneous description, a kid’s not going to do that. They will drop the book.” ― Rick Riordan
“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.” ― Rick Riordan
