Better Quote by Jeff Kinney

I think that stories, and the telling of stories, are the foundations of human communication and understanding. If children all over the country are…

— Beeban Kidron

You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

— Roald Dahl

I write for kids because I think the most interesting (and most humorous) stories come from people's childhoods. When I was writing 'Diary of…

— Jeff Kinney

People who have picture-perfect upbringings and lives tend not to be funny. I don't think they write from a position of pain.

— Alex Borstein

My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know great writers…

— Joss Whedon

A good story should change the way you see the world.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit…

— Romany Malco

It's really fun to write something for kids. You can make it a little bit more extreme and crazy than you would for adults.

— Stephen McCauley

All those writers who write about their own childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same room with…

— Dorothy Parker

We write stories that we like and hope the kids like them, too. But we definitely make sure that they skew toward a kid…

— Butch Hartman

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was…

— Adora Svitak

I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.

— Anthony Shadid