Rick Riordan Quotes

I played with high ankle sprains.

Sure. Knock yourself out. No, really. Hammer to the head, works every time.” Claire

That's why my ires always come comedic in a way because - can I just say something? See, I sound like such a smooth talker.

You know what burns me? Matches.

Crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cranky. There's entertaining cranky, annoying cranky, angry cranky.

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.

When I'm funny is when I'm angriest.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there.

I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat - in honor of my father - when I'm impatient. It's very charming.

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?

Nothing you could do would make me mad. You're a complete official failure.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

I'm motivated by a bottomless well of anger. It's a joke, but I don't think I don't mean it.

I've always had little problems in my ankles when I played very hard games, they'd get very inflamed and stiff.

No, Mom. I said fine." "It's just your tone." Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor.

I hate Dr Phil. Dr Phil told me to express my feelings, so I'm expressing them.

Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.

Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something clever, like try to escape from the pot.

So far, I should be calm and more specifically not like that...Anything else? Would you like to do surgery on my personality? How about open-heart surgery? I´ve got some tools

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

Sorry for hurting you, she said right in my ear, but it wasn't really an apology, because you don't bite someone's earlobe to tell them you're sorry.

And that phrase - 'sleeping like a baby.' Some blonde said it blithely on the subway the other day. I wanted to lie down next to her and scream for five hours in her ear.

No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you make it yourself?