36 Quotes by Dav Pilkey


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

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

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

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