459 Quotes by Ransom Riggs

I wanted to create characters who could do fantastic things but who weren't exactly superheros - characters who exist on sort of a spectrum from super-ability to disability.

Creepy is better than just plain scary because you can't look away from creepy - you want to know the truth!

John Bellairs's young adult mysteries were great - and super creepy.

Ghost stories and Sherlock Holmes mysteries were great. And I had a major soft spot for those 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books.

I was in the same class of 100 kids from grade 6 through 12, many of whom I still call friends.

When you're looking through bins of thousands of random, unsorted photos, every hundredth one or so will have some writing on it.

Pine View was a great school for me - it made it safe to be a nerd. It was okay to really care about doing your homework and doing well in school.

I just can't fathom this fame thing; I'm a total newbie.

As writers, we have to make our own work - as bloggers, writing for video games, whatever we can do. Everyone breaks into the business in a different way.