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" I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce. "
Rick Riordan
Good
Books
Kids
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" 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. "
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Time
You
Work Hard
" I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I try to keep it real for myself by focusing on individual anecdotes of how my books have helped kids learn to love reading. "
Rick Riordan
Myself
Learn
Love
" Kids ask me questions. You'd think after doing this for four years, I would have heard every single question anyone could think of to ask, but no, every time, they surprise me, they ask me something I never thought of before. "
Rick Riordan
Think
You
Time
" I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading and wanting to read more, and if they left my classroom thinking that reading is boring, then I haven't done my job. "
Rick Riordan
Reading
Job
Loving
" Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my other novels, but I thought it was very innovative to offer the website and trading card components as well for those readers who wanted to go more in depth with the Cahill experience. "
Rick Riordan
Feel
Thought
Writing
" I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot of wonderful writers writing for Y.A. I feel like I'm in the right place. "
Rick Riordan
Think
Audience
Feel
" It's wonderful being an author and having so many kids enjoying my books. That's always been my dream job, and I feel very lucky to be able to do it. "
Rick Riordan
Feel
Lucky
Always
" I love teaching. I love working with kids... maybe some day I'll go back to the classroom. I'm not ready to say it'll never happen. "
Rick Riordan
Classroom
Back
Say
" 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
Together
Met
People
" I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers. "
Rick Riordan
Will
Think
Learning
" I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers. "
Rick Riordan
Think
Book
Caring
" 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
Realize
Learning
Classroom
" I've been reading Greek mythology since I was a kid. I also taught it when I was a sixth grade teacher, so I knew a lot of mythological monsters already. Sometimes I still use books and Web sites to research, though. Every time I research Greek mythology, I learn something new! "
Rick Riordan
Time
Learn
Reading
" It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends. "
Rick Riordan
Friends
Become
Always
" I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.' The books are accurate enough that they can serve as a gateway to Homer and Virgil. "
Rick Riordan
Me
Letters
Just
" I stick closely to the structure of the myths. I may have some fun with the mythology by changing the environment to modern-day, but the structure of the myths, the monsters, the relationships of the gods - none of that is made up. "
Rick Riordan
Relationships
Environment
Fun
" It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine! "
Rick Riordan
Son
Writing
Yesterday
" When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children's book for the times. "
Rick Riordan
Humor
Picture
Long
" I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive. "
Rick Riordan
Fun
Amazing
Doing
" I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write. "
Rick Riordan
Second
Write
Hardest
" There are days when I'll write for 15 minutes and have to give up and move around, and I'll write another paragraph and give up again. On other days I get intensely - focused on the process, sit down at 8 A.M. and won't get up until 8 P.M. "
Rick Riordan
Down
Process
Days
" 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 recognise how deeply these things are embedded in our literature, our art. "
Rick Riordan
Culture
Roots
Know
" I like both Greek and Egyptian. More Greek stories have survived, so we know more about them. They've always been my favorite. On the other hand, I like the Egyptian stories because they're not as commonly known and they have an exotic flavour. "
Rick Riordan
More
Always
Hand
" The deeper I go into mythology, the more I find. I originally did five 'Percy Jackson' books. I thought that would cover Greek mythology and I couldn't have been more wrong. It's ever-expanding. "
Rick Riordan
More
Wrong
Books
" 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
Do Your Best
Believe In Yourself
Best
" 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
Book
Never
Me
" 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
Talk
Smart
People
" I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters. "
Rick Riordan
Characters
Amazing
Love
" I tend to think of a myth and then explore how it would play out if it were happening in the modern-day world. I modify all the myths I use, but I stick very closely to their structure - it is the hidden teacher in me. "
Rick Riordan
Me
Hidden
World
" If the parents are too busy to read, it's a safe bet the children will feel the same way. Set aside time for family reading each night. It doesn't matter so much what the kids read, as long as you provide them space for reading and a sense that it is a valuable part of your daily routine. "
Rick Riordan
Daily
Family
Reading