Best 41 quotes of Jeff Kinney on MyQuotes

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

Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.

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

Dear Aunt Loretta, Thank you so much for the awesome pants! How did you know I wanted that for Christmas? I love the way the pants look on my legs! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants. Thank you for making this the best Christmas ever! Sincerely, Greg

First of all, let me get this straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what it says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn't say 'diary' on it.

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

hay he's a great writer and i like him a lot

He got the crib, so for the first few months of my life I had to sleep in the top dresser drawer, which I'm pretty sure isn't even legal.

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

Holly is the fourth-prettiest girl in the class, but the top 3 all have boyfriends. So a lot of guys like me are doing everything they can to get in good with her.

hot pink looks cute on only janet which is MEEEEEEE!!!

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

I don't know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it's hard for me to get interested in other people's vacations.

If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.

I got to give mom credit for how she handled it.She didn't try to pry and get all the details. All she said was that I should try to do "the right thing" because it's our choices that make us who we are. I figure that's pretty decent advice. But I'm still not 100% sure what I'm going to do tomorrow.

I labored for eight years thinking that I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.

I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.

I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end.

I only work on my books at nights and at weekends. It is really just like a hobby.

I realised all the good ideas were taken before I was even born.

I think Diary of a Wimpy kidis sooooo good!!!!!!!

I think goodreads is the best place to look for books

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 to make them laugh.

I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.

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

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

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

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

See, when you're a little kid, nobody ever warns you that you've got an expiration date. One day you're hot stuff and the next day you're a dirt sandwich.

So if you want to find somebody to blame for the way i am, I guess you'd have to start with the public education system.

So I've started wearing sweatpants to bed because I really don't need Santa seeing me in my underwear.

Then one day, this kid named Darren Walsh touched the Cheese with his finger, and that's what started this thing called the Cheese Touch. It's basically like the Cooties. If you get the Cheese Touch, you're stuck with it until you pass it on to someone else. The only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is to cross your fingers.

The only reason I get out of bed at all on weekends is because eventually I can't stand the taste of my own breath any more.

When I first learned about Abrams and saw the types of books they were making, I knew I wanted my books to be published by them. Abrams books are special-when you hold one in your hands, you have the feeling that this book needed to be made. I once heard an artist say that books are fetish objects-I think Abrams gets that, because their books demand to be treasured. So who better to give comics art its proper due? I feel privileged to have found a home with Abrams.

When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.

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

Youre gonna grow up and marry some ice cream! Haha!

I'm basically one of the best people I know.

It's our choices that make us who we are.

I’ve realized is that every time you get something cool for your birthday or for Christmas, within a week it’s being used against you. (We'll be taking this away until your English grade improves)

See, that's the problem with putting too much stock in the old days. You remember all the GOOD stuff, but you forget about the time you got spanked by your best friend's mom.