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Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable because they were a lot... →
When I was on the swim team as a kid, I used to hide out from my coach by going into the bathroom and hiding out in one of the stalls. And I would... →
When kids get stuck on one of our quests, we now have an app for that. It is so cool to know that now kids can use mobile technology to learn more... →
I draft on the computer. I have a really giant screen that attaches to my laptop, and then I have a humongous digital drawing tablet called a Cintiq.... →
When I started writing 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid,' I was trying to write the type of book you might enjoy, put back on your shelf, and rediscover... →
I can tell you that the book 'The Ugly Truth' is about puberty and all the awfulness that comes with that time in a person's life. It was... →
I can't divorce myself from my childhood. I try to write as much fiction as I possibly can, but there are so many things that are touchstones of... →
I feel lucky I didn't become that newspaper cartoonist I wanted to be because in the U.S. so many newspapers have suffered circulation declines... →
I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd... →
I never thought I was writing for kids at all. It really shocked and unsettled me to hear kids were buying the books. If I'd known I was writing... →
I read the 'Harry Potter' books as I was writing my own books, and I love them, but I don't think Harry was very much like I was as a... →
I'm keeping my day job, because Poptropica is something that really energizes me. I'd love to create a TV series or write a film that's... →
I'm not good at narrative; I'm really a gag writer, and that comes from being in the newspaper comic strip world for a while in college. What... →