Don Novello famous quotes

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it's good.
-- Don Novello

#Book #Writing #Kids

Theres some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.
-- Don Novello

#Dark #Symbiosis #Kind

I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination.
-- Don Novello

#Book #Imagination #Littles

Tommy Smothers is my longest mentor, and Dave Eggers is my youngest.
-- Don Novello

#Mentor #Dave

The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.

Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.

If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.

This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

I can write better than anyone who can write faster,

When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time

I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

I didn't go to the cinemas a lot as a kid.