Author

Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of reading that counts; the focus will naturally broaden. A boy won't read shark books forever.

From Jon Scieszka

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

From Jon Scieszka

For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work.

From Jon Scieszka

My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.

From Jon Scieszka

Be a good reading role model. Show kids what you like to read, what you don't like to read, how you choose what you read. Let them see you reading.

From Jon Scieszka

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

From Jon Scieszka

I believe that all blogs should have at least one set of rhyming words. Just because. Does. Fuzz. Was.

From Jon Scieszka

I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.

From Jon Scieszka

When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By the time I was three, I had finished 212 short stories, 38 novels, 730 poems, and one very funny limerick, all before breakfast.

From Jon Scieszka

I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to me in a flash of inspiration and takes me about two seconds to finish. The longer books, like the 'Time Warp Trio' novels, take a little longer to write - more like four seconds.

From Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka

Notable Quotes

Authors with Similar Views

Malorie Blackman

James Patterson

Kate DiCamillo

Walter Dean Myers

Diogo Morgado

Authors with Opposing Views

Avi

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Cathy Guisewite

Diana Galbadon

Dorothy Fields