I labored for eight years thinking that I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.

that if you don't read nobody does

I don't know what a guy needs to do to impress a girl these days.

I don't know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it's hard for me to get interested in other people's vacations.

First of all, let me get this straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what it says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn't say 'diary' on it.

hay he's a great writer and i like him a lot

If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.