Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
I think Diary of a Wimpy kidis sooooo good!!!!!!!
. . . no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.
Because it's our choices that makes us who we are.
I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.
You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.
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.
The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
I received a phone call from my mother, and it was so complicated and involved, and it reminded me of just how it is in a family, and how it is in Mexico, and gossip, and all this stuff. And I thought, well, why can't a documentary be made about gossip? And in that way, I touch upon these other things - identity, cultural identity, and aesthetics.
Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.
Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor stir it, nor add fuel to it, but let it go out by itself. Begin your ministry with one blind eye and one deaf ear.