I’d always wanted to write a novel, but after attending film school, I’d spent five years knocking on Hollywood’s door and had put that idea aside. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
I’m getting a lot of mail from readers, and I’d say 90% seem to be from adults, which amazes me. But then again, I can only write what I imagine I’d like to read, and I’m an adult, so maybe it’s not so surprising after all. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
Library of Souls’ is longer than ‘Hollow City’ by a considerable margin, but this time I was on the right track from the beginning, so I never had to start over. It took about 15 months, all told. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
Creepy is better than just plain scary because you can’t look away from creepy – you want to know the truth! Ransom Riggs Read Quote
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. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
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. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
My happy place is 40 feet out in the Gulf of Mexico, sitting on a sandbar in 80-degree water, watching clouds crawl by. Absolute heaven. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
The undiscovered places that are interesting to me are these places that contain bits of our disappearing history, like a ghost town. Ransom Riggs Read Quote
Every snapshot collector has obsessions. Some only collect photos of cars. Others like World War II, or babies, or old-timey girls in old-timey swimsuits. I happen to collect the weird stuff: photos that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. The uncanny. Ransom Riggs Read Quote