Rick Riordan Time Quotations

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.

Sometimes things don't end okay.

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

I sometimes look at my bookshelves today and wonder which volumes my sons will treasure in twenty or thirty years. Which should I be saving for them? Which will fade with time?

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.

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.

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 ones readers want to see the most.

I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids - even when they're tired, even when they're bouncing off the walls.

Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredibly sad.

But (Peresphone) was like, the goddess of flowers." Grover looked offended. "Springtime.

Sometimes small things can become very large, indeed.

Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.

Nothing like ADHD and a good fight to the death to make time fly

Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.

Sometimes it is better to have someone you mistrust close to you, so that you can keep an eye on him - Chiron

Not all powers are spectacular." Hestia looked at me. "Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.

Once he'd even reprogrammed the electronic billboards in Time Square to read: ALL DA LADIES LUV LEO... accidentally, of course.

Don't decide yet," Hephaestus advised. "Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.