With great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
RICK RIORDANWith great power… comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
RICK RIORDANOtrera stayed dead the second time,” Kinzie said, batting her eyes. “We have to thank you for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend…well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” Percy couldn’t tell if she was kidding or not. He politely thanked her and changed seats.
RICK RIORDANI always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.
RICK RIORDANWhat are you?” She demanded. “My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive?” Dad looked at Anubis. “What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said.” “You didn’t need to tell me that.” Anubis’s face was grave. “I’ve learned to fear that sharp tongue.” Sadie looked outraged. “Excuse me?
RICK RIORDANIf anybody felt worse than I did, it was Amos. I had just enough magic to turn myself into a falcon and him into a hamster (hey, I was rushed!)
RICK RIORDANA person’s shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
RICK RIORDANRemake the world, a little at a time, each in your own corner of the world.
RICK RIORDANGood luck, boss. Don’t let’em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)
RICK RIORDANIt’s natural to feel fear. All great warriors are afraid. Only the stupid and the delusional are not.
RICK RIORDANI think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.
RICK RIORDANThings will work out – maybe just not the way you plan
RICK RIORDANKnowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
RICK RIORDANI 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.
RICK RIORDANOn the bright side,” Percy said, “both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.
RICK RIORDANGo on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
RICK RIORDANSadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s.
RICK RIORDAN