Dear Aunt Loretta, Thank you so much for the awesome pants! How did you know I wanted that for Christmas? I love the way the pants look on my legs! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants. Thank you for making this the best Christmas ever! Sincerely, Greg

I got to give mom credit for how she handled it.She didn't try to pry and get all the details. All she said was that I should try to do "the right thing" because it's our choices that make us who we are. I figure that's pretty decent advice. But I'm still not 100% sure what I'm going to do tomorrow.

When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.

I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." - Greg Heffley.

But the thing I’m finding out is some people don’t really appreciate it when you’r trying to be helpful.

fish and visitors stink in 3 days.

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.