Book Quote by Sid Fleischman

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

— Jeff Kinney

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more…

— William Collins

Kids enjoy laughing and are seldom bored when they find something funny. They also ask questions, often to adults, because they understand that the…

— Brian P. Cleary

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's…

— Anonymous

When you're old enough to write a book for children, by then you'll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness.…

— Roald Dahl

True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off.…

— Hugh Prather

Humor is essential to a full and happy life. It is a reliever and relaxer of pressure and tension, and the saving element in…

— Richard L. Evans

You need to tune into a different way of being funny for kids. They're learning the rhythm of a joke.

— Graham Linehan

Humor is a very big part of life, and if you exclude humor from your book, you're not capturing a very important part of…

— Joshua Ferris

Children are funny.

— Sean Baker

“There aren’t many funny bits in Mr Tolkien either,’ Matilda said. ‘Do you think that all children’s books ought to have funny bits in…

— Roald Dahl

Humor is a bit like Mary Poppins' sugar-it helps the medicine go down. A little bit of humor allows people to think about very…

— James Fadiman