Jeff Kinney Quotes & Sayings

A New YouTube Channel for PreSchool Learning

58 most famous Jeff Kinney quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American writer who passed away on 13 March, 2012.

“I had an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother, and though I look back fondly on my childhood, I think that when you've got four siblings sharing the same resources and a single kids' bathroom, it's going to get a little tense at times.”
Jeff Kinney Quotes
“I've never run into a person who yearns for their middle school days.”
Jeff Kinney Quotes
“I only work on my books at nights and at weekends. It is really just like a hobby.”
Jeff Kinney Quotes
“I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.”
“On the first day of school, you got to be real careful where you sit. You walk into the classroom and just plunk your stuff down on any old desk, and the next thing you know the teacher is saying, 'I hope you all like where you're sitting, because these are your permanent seats.'”
“'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' is my first book, and it's the fulfillment of a life-long dream. I had always wanted to be a cartoonist, but I found that it was very tough to break into the world of newspaper syndication. So I started playing with a style that mixed cartoons and 'traditional' writing, and that's how 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' was born.”
Jeff Kinney Quotes
“I don't think of cartoons or comics as being for kids.”
Jeff Kinney Quotes
“My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.”
“In middle school, I started to draw, and my pencil sketches were huge. They were these 4ft by 3ft drawings, and I got a lot of attention for that, so that was very validating. But I didn't start cartooning until I was in college.”
“Luckily for me, my father had impeccable taste. No contemporary collector was he. His treasure trove of comics included gems such as 'Little Lulu,' 'Frontline Combat' and 'Classics Illustrated.' But the works that stood head and shoulders above the rest were Carl Barks's 'Donald Duck' and 'Uncle Scrooge' comics from the 1940s through the 1960s.”

Jeff Kinney Quotes Rating

No Ratings Yet
Leave A Comment