13 Quotes by Robert Munsch

I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new story.

If you don’t remember childhood and you idealize it, you can’t write books for kids because they’re not real. Kids pick that up.

I tell the stories in front of audiences and wait for something to happen. It’s similar to a standup comic doing his schtick for an audience.

Most of my books came from when I was telling stories.