You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.
RICK RIORDANYou have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
More Rick Riordan Quotes
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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.
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Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.
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Curse us eh/I’ll make you pay!/I don’t want to rhyme all day!
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Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
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I heard Amos yell, “For Brooklyn!” It was an odd battle cry.
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Hope survives best at the hearth.
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I’m a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.
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Think positive girl, or the world ends.
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They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
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I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
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Our baboon was going completely sky goddess – which is to say, nuts.
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The sea does not like to be restrained.
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