Jeff Kinney

I'm an author whose strength is in gag-writing.

— Jeff Kinney

I take comedy very seriously, and I feel very competitive.

— Jeff Kinney

The best person I know is Myself.

— Jeff Kinney

“But do I have “low intelligence”?”

— Jeff Kinney

I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." - Greg Heffley,

— Jeff Kinney

I don't know what a guy needs to do to impress a girl these days.

— Jeff Kinney

Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.

— Jeff Kinney

But the thing I’m finding out is some people don’t really appreciate it when you’r trying to be helpful.

— Jeff Kinney

It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.

— Jeff Kinney

Back in those days it was just me swimming around in the dark, doing back flips and taking naps whenever I want.

— Jeff Kinney

Kids can sniff out a moral. They can feel the heavy hand of an adult.

— Jeff Kinney

... no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.

— Jeff Kinney

The only reason I get out of bed at all on weekends is because eventually I can't stand the taste of my…

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I think humor is key [to a successful middle-grade novel]. Kids like to read for entertainment, and the best way to entertain…

— Jeff Kinney

“...the brain is like a muscle, and if you don't exercise it by reading and doing creative stuff, it'll get weak and…

— Jeff Kinney

In middle school, I started to draw, and my pencil sketches were huge. They were these 4ft by 3ft drawings, and I…

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We're incredibly excited to welcome the 500 millionth Poptropican into our virtual world. When we started in 2007, we never could have…

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I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was,…

— Jeff Kinney

Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they…

— Jeff Kinney

Working with Dav Pilkey was a dream come true. Dav is incredibly funny, and he's been a hero of mine for a…

— Jeff Kinney

“There was this book Dad used to read to me every night called "The Giving Tree." It was a really good book,…

— Jeff Kinney

I draft on the computer. I have a really giant screen that attaches to my laptop, and then I have a humongous…

— Jeff Kinney

If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an…

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I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time…

— Jeff Kinney

I work in the house next to where I live. We bought a smaller house that I use as my office and…

— Jeff Kinney

Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable…

— Jeff Kinney

I never thought I was writing for kids at all. It really shocked and unsettled me to hear kids were buying the…

— Jeff Kinney

On the first day of school, you got to be real careful where you sit. You walk into the classroom and just…

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Chirag: Rowley, do you think I exist? Rowley: Nope! I can't even hear you or see you!

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I've never run into a person who yearns for their middle school days.

— Jeff Kinney

Greg starts a middle school and asks: Why is "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a…

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For the record, I think it should be illegal for a boy to have to fold his mother's underwear.

— Jeff Kinney

hey guys i would like you to try this book you will love it!

— Jeff Kinney

You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.

— Jeff Kinney

You and your group of nerds fall into a pit and it's full of dynamite and you blow up. The End.

— Jeff Kinney

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then…

— Jeff Kinney

“I just hope someone doesn't start the Cheese Touch up again, because I don't need that kind of stress in my life…

— Jeff Kinney

I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I…

— Jeff Kinney

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is…

— Jeff Kinney

I'm very excited to see the wonderful 2-D characters in Poptropica come to life in the form of 3-D toys. When I…

— Jeff Kinney