America Quote by Jeff Kinney

'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…

— Jeff Kinney

My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book…

— Coy Bowles

We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children.

— Tom Fletcher

Like a lot of people, I read 'The Diary of Anne Frank' again and again and again when I was growing up - I'm…

— Monica Hesse

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

— Jeff Kinney

Now, for my younger viewers out there, a book is something we used to have before the internet. It’s sort of a blog for…

— Stephen Colbert

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

— Coy Bowles

Writing for young readers is almost like dipping into a fountain of youth; for hours a day, I am a child again.

— Iain Lawrence

I got into my usual obsessive writing frenzy, using all the material I'd worked on for so long and crafting it into a little…

— Helen Fielding

As a kid, I spent every summer bent over a stack of books, obsessively writing detailed reports on each one.

— Diablo Cody

My mom bought me an 'Anne of Green Gables' journal. And I just remember thinking it was so cool, and I could write anything…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume