55 Quotes by Barbara Park

There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.

My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperately I don't want the story to end.

I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my father was for a long time the president of the Board of Education. That was always a hard note to bring home.

I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.

All of my characters are less than perfect.

For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job.

Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.

I find the term perfect child to be an oxymoron.

Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'.