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" The Web or card experience is not at all going to replicate the book experience, nor is the book experience going to replicate the Web. "
Rick Riordan
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Web
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" I go back and research, say, every reference to the Gorgons, and I find what the classical writers said about them and it's so much richer than you might get in an average Greek mythology text. I feel like an archaeologist - I'm dusting off these things that people have not seen for thousands of years and bringing them into the modern world. "
Rick Riordan
People
Research
Say
" 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
Me
Lose
Book
" 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 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
" It is true that I once refused to eat haggis in Scotland and this did not sit well with the local population. "
Rick Riordan
Well
Sit
Scotland
" I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn't until I was 13 and discovered the 'Lord of the Rings' that I learned to love reading. "
Rick Riordan
Love
Great
Reading
" The Met is such a powerful place for me because it's a natural connection between the ancient world and the modern world. And when you're dealing with ancient mythology, trying to put a modern spin on it, you really can't do much better than to call on the Met. "
Rick Riordan
World
You
Powerful
" 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 that kids have a greater capacity for processing things than we give them credit for. "
Rick Riordan
Credit
Think
Things
" I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series. "
Rick Riordan
Started
Wrote
Years
" I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write. "
Rick Riordan
Second
Write
Hardest
" I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce. "
Rick Riordan
Good
Books
Kids
" 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
" I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes. "
Rick Riordan
Write
Able
Five
" 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
Time
You
Work Hard
" When I was in college, my parents' house burned down, and took a lot of the possessions I'd grown up with. That's probably one thing that made me realize material stuff is not really that important. "
Rick Riordan
Me
College
House
" 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
Racial
Identity
Kid
" 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 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
" I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters. "
Rick Riordan
Characters
Amazing
Love
" Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of the universe that still resonates. The whole idea of order and chaos, which is really central to the ancient Egyptian understanding of the world, is still very much with us. "
Rick Riordan
Universe
World
Chaos
" 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
" We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents. "
Rick Riordan
Broken
Children
You
" 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
" To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods and heroes may have powers, but they get angry and they do the wrong thing. They are human too. "
Rick Riordan
Angry
Children
Wrong
" Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy. "
Rick Riordan
Attitude
Good
Peace
" I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom. "
Rick Riordan
Still
Classroom
Larger
" 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
Down
Star
Street
" When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience. "
Rick Riordan
Reading
Travel
Hands
" 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