9 Quotes & Sayings By Jon Scieszka

Jon Scieszka is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and His Other Book of Fairy Tales. He's a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, and has written a weekly comic strip, "The Far Side," which has been syndicated in more than one hundred newspapers worldwide. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Linda, and their two children. He can usually be found walking around the city with his head stuck in a book.

Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.
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Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing. Jon Scieszka
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And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End. Jon Scieszka
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You know that you are a writer if you are imaginative. You know that you are a writer if you are curious. You know that you are a writer if you are interested in the things and people of the world. You know that you are a writer if you hold a minie ball in your hand and wonder about its story. You know that you are a writer if you like the sound of rain on the roof. And if you want to tell someone else about your heart and how waiting for the thunder sometimes makes you feel, if you work to find the words to do that, then you are a writer. --Maureen O'Toople in the short story "Your Question for Author Here. Jon Scieszka
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The older you get, the more questions you get asked, and the more weary you become of answering the questions and the more elusive the answers--any answer, every answer--seem. --Maureen O'Toople in the short story "Your Question for Author Here Jon Scieszka
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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. Jon Scieszka
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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. Jon Scieszka
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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. Jon Scieszka
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I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and 'Go, Dog. Go! , ' thinking, 'Oh yeah, that's funny. I'd like to do that.' And then writing throughout school, but at the same time I was studying pre-med stuff, because my mom told me I should be a doctor. Jon Scieszka