Jeff Kinney Quotes

When I started writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I was trying to write the type of book you might enjoy, put back on your shelf, and rediscover a few years later. I hope that the book finds its way into the bathroom of every kid in America.

Jeff Kinney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 19, 1971

Topics

HopeWritingBookAmericaEnjoyYou

I wanted all my stores to be the same, to offer the same customer experience, whether I was there or not.

Jimmy John Liautaud

ExperienceCustomerSameOffer

I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I'd be physically damaged by the end of a concert.

Joe Cocker

EndStageConcertUsedAwayGet

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

John Dalberg-Acton

ManCountryAuthorityDutySpirit

Where I have come unstuck sometimes has mostly been to do with the stories not being quite right or not connecting with a contemporary audience.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

SometimesRightAudienceConnecting

We're all animals.

John Malkovich

Animals

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

John Hines

LifeLightDeathPersonMysterious

The Schwarzman Scholars is a program that was designed with Tsinghua University. They asked me to do something in honor of their 100th anniversary.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

AnniversaryMeHonorUniversity

I never start anything 'I want to be No. 1. I want to win Grand Slam.' For me, no. It's always step by step. The only thing I want to do, it's to push the limit.

Stan Wawrinka

StepMeWinStartPushWant

I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations.

Sienna Miller

PeopleThinkUnderstandingSometimes

I was a very good student. But I didn't have the latitude to study more. I was never allowed to do anything cross-disciplinary. Why can't an engineering student learn physics?

Shiv Nadar

GoodEngineeringLearnPhysicsWhy

I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.

Tony Parsons

LiveGreatParentsThinkGeneration

I was always trying to stay one to two steps ahead of the game.

Ronnie Coleman

GameTryingAheadTwoAlwaysSteps

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