--- title: "1 Stories Started Quotes By Jon Scieszka" description: "1 Stories Started quotes by Jon Scieszka. Plus more from Jon Scieszka and more Stories Started sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/jon-scieszka-21548_about_i-like-to-tell-kids-that-i-started-think_2928885.jpg" --- > [I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and 'Go, Dog. Go!,' thinking, 'Oh yeah, that's funny. I'd like to do that.' And then writing throughout school, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/i-like-to-tell-kids-that-i-started-thinking-about-stories-when-i/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/jon-scieszka-21548_about_i-like-to-tell-kids-that-i-started-think_2928885.jpg) ## More by Jon Scieszka > [I'm not sure what to call 'Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.' Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction? But it is any Lego/'Star Wars' kid's dream. Call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/i-m-not-sure-what-to-call-lego-star-wars-the-visual-dictionary/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/the-big-problem-is-just-this-kind-of-gigantic-piece-of-kids-reading/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/when-i-was-one-day-old-i-learned-how-to-read-when-i-was-two-days-old/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/i-taught-elementary-school-and-painted-apartments-for-ten-years-now-i/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [People say, 'All my son will read is 'Captain Underpants,' or 'My son is crazy about shark books, is that O.K.?' I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/people-say-all-my-son-will-read-is-captain-underpants-or-my-son-is/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just dont take that into account in schools on those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/i-think-every-parent-knows-that-like-boys-and-girls-are-different-and/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [“Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/your-brain-is-doing-some-great-work-when-it-s-laughing/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/expand-the-definition-of-reading-to-include-non-fiction-humor-graphic/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don't like to read, how you choose what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/be-a-good-reading-role-model-show-kids-what-you-like-to-read-what-you/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [For the longest time, you couldn't even say boys and girls were different. It was taboo in the educational world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/for-the-longest-time-you-couldn-t-even-say-boys-and-girls-were/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [If the day gets really bad, I can always pull out fan mail. Who else gets mail where kids write to you and say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/if-the-day-gets-really-bad-i-can-always-pull-out-fan-mail-who-else/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [I believe that all blogs should have at least one set of rhyming words. Just because. Does. Fuzz. Was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/i-believe-that-all-blogs-should-have-at-least-one-set-of-rhyming/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [Jeff Kinney's 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series and Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' books got 49,323,701 kids reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/jeff-kinney-s-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-series-and-stephenie-meyer-s/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/there-are-six-time-warp-trio-books-that-would-take-a-page-each-to/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) > [I remember telling my second-graders the basic 'Metamorphosis' story, saying, like, 'What about - what if a guy woke up one morning and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-scieszka/i-remember-telling-my-second-graders-the-basic-metamorphosis-story/) [Jon Scieszka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-scieszka/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-started/jon-scieszka/#itemlist", "name": "1 Stories Started Quotes By Jon Scieszka", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and 'Go, Dog. 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