Dav Pilkey Quotes

#1. Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.

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#2. Nothing prevents boredom like a good book.

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#3. A book without potty humor is like a banana split without hot fudge. It can still be good, I suppose, but you kinda get the feeling that something is missing.

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#4. Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white ... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power.

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#5. Have you read your UNDERPANTS today?

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#6. George and Harold were usually responsible kids. Whenever anything bad happened, George and Harold were usually responsible.

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#7. I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.

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#8. My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures I drew in my notebook. She said I should try writing children's books, and so I did.

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#9. I had a lot of reading problems growing up.

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#10. Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

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#11. My books are just pure escapism for kids.

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#12. I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.

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#13. Try to remember that being unsuccessful in school doesn't automatically mean you'll be unsuccessful in life. Lots of people who didn't excel in school still went on to have successful lives.

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#14. It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too challenging. Don't get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books aren't hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.

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#15. You may have even commented on the surprising inappropriateness of such a murderous and bloody scene appearing in a children's book. It's fun to feel offended, isn't it?

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#16. two wrongs dont make a right

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#17. Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel like taking the day off, I do it. Plus, I get to make up silly stories and draw pictures all day.

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#18. Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!

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#19. I created 'Captain Underpants' when I was in the second grade. I was constantly getting in trouble for being the class clown, so my teacher sent me out into the hallway to punish me. It was there in the hall that I began drawing 'Captain Underpants'. Soon I was making my own comic books about him.

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#20. These 'mistakes' occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I'm secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don't want them to feel stifled by 'perfectionism.'

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