Dav Pilkey Quotes & Sayings
13 most famous Dav Pilkey quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 58 year old American author born on Mar 4, 1966.
“Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.”
“I created 'Captain Underpants' when I was in the second grade. I was constantly getting in trouble for being the class clown, so my teacher sent me out into the hallway to punish me. It was there in the hall that I began drawing 'Captain Underpants'. Soon I was making my own comic books about him.”
“These 'mistakes' occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I'm secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don't want them to feel stifled by 'perfectionism.'”
“A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.”
“Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.”
“Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!”
“It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.”
“I had a lot of reading problems growing up.”
“I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.”
“I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.”
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