459 Quotes by Ransom Riggs

I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talking down to people who I know are very smart.

I write the books to amuse myself.

I think my background in film taught me that a great book adaptation is not always slavishly faithful to the source material.

I try to imagine the scenes as I'm writing them as if I were watching them play like a film.

I went to film school, trained as a director, have made a lot of movies, and taken a lot of photographs, so I tend to envision things spatially. As I'm working, I need to have a map of the space. I need to know what's happening in all corners simultaneously.

Just the textures of things are really important to me as I'm writing; I think atmospherics and visuals can have such emotional impact if you can harness the thematic thread between how scenes look and how your characters feel. I like to tug on that thread.

The end of 'Hollow City' left the peculiar children in a very precarious spot, and that's just where 'Library of Souls' begins.

I think 'Hollow City' only took a year and a half to write... but it felt like two and a half!

It was painful, but I really wanted to get 'Hollow City' right, and I'm glad I put in the time because I'm really proud of it.