Jeff Kinney Quotes

Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they are not infused with morals or a message, either, and kids like that.

Jeff Kinney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MoralsOutBeingBooksKidsMessage

I never went to drama school.

Matthew Lewis

SchoolDramaNeverDrama School

I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.

Matthew Sweet

SuccessMyselfMoneyPerspectiveNow

A lot of aspiring writers are all ready to write a novel, but they don't know how to write sentences.

Tom Robbins

ReadyKnowWriteHowNovelAspiring

My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover.

Tom Glazer

MusicAgeListeningEarlyOldFlu

My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it.

Roger Deakins

LifeTimeExperienceFilmmakingSide

Every entrepreneur needs ideas, vision, and creativity - no matter what the product or service. Not only that, but the product should truly delight customers and become an essential part of their lives.

Min Kao

VisionServiceCreativityIdeas

Patience is the art of hoping.

Luc de Clapiers

PatienceArtHoping

The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when I'm replaying an event through a song.

Jason Mraz

SongStoryYouFindDifficultLimit

I am often asked why there is discrimination against women in science. And I have given it some thought. With prejudicial attitudes, you can't really do much. You can point out when people discriminate and ask them not to.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

WomenScienceI AmPeopleThought

The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on.

Christine Quinn

GreatSchoolKingStoryLibrary

If you are friends with someone, and you're like 'Hey, what ethnicity are you,' that's cool. But you wouldn't walk up to a white person and say, 'What kind of white are you?'

Arden Cho

WalkCoolFriendsSomeoneYouWhite

I quickly realized I live the least interesting literary life imaginable. My parents are happily married. There haven't been any major traumas. I'm not sure that the story of my life would be much fun to read.

Anthony Marra

LifeLiveFunParentsStoryMy Life

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