Dav Pilkey famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Dav Pilkey

#School #Mean #Successful
It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the Captain Underpants books too challenging. Dont get me wrong - the humor and ideas are often sophisticated - but the books arent hard to read. I wanted kids who hate reading to find these books irresistible.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Hate #Reading #Book
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.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Book #Missing #Feelings
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.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Notebook #Children #Silly
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.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Running #Kids #Black And White
Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Writing #Illustration #Stories
My books are just pure escapism for kids.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Book #Kids #Escapism
I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Book #Thinking #Laughing
I had a lot of reading problems growing up.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Growing Up #Reading #Growing
Grown-ups do a lot of complaining!
-- Dav Pilkey

#Complaining
My goal with The Adventures of Captain Underpants was to invent a style which was almost identical to that of a picture book - in a novel format. So I wrote incredibly short chapters and tried to fill each page with more pictures than words. I wanted to create a book that kids who don't like to read would want to read.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Book #Adventure #Kids
Nothing prevents boredom like a good book.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Book #Boredom #Good Book
Encourage kids to be creative without worrying about being perfect.
-- Dav Pilkey

#Kids #Perfect #Worry

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