Josh Lieb Quotes & Sayings

Sunrises and sunsets are real jerks about putting things in perspective. — Josh Lieb

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess. — Josh Lieb

A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet. — Josh Lieb

Boys are idiots.
Girls are idiots, too, of course, but boys are a special kind of idiot.
A girl, for instance, will vote for a boy in an election, or go to a movie that's about a boy, or buy a book that features a boy hero (or villain). Boys are much less likely to return the favor. They can't wrap their feeble minds around the idea that this girl might have anything in common with them. It's like they can't recognize girls as human beings. — Josh Lieb

It's simply the most adorable thing ever: My mother has joined a gang. — Josh Lieb

I read an awful lot in college - a lot of Dickens, a lot of 19th century American stuff, a lot of old mysteries. Maybe it's helped me attain a certain fluidity with my style. — Josh Lieb

I have to start writing down things that happen, or I'll forget my life entirely. — Josh Lieb

I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm. — Josh Lieb

According to the fortune-cookie logic most people live by, the best things in life are free. That's crap. I have a gold-plated robot that scratches the exact part of my back where my hands can't reach, and it certainly wasn't free. — Josh Lieb

What is evil?' you ask.
To which I reply, 'Who are you, Friedrich Nietzsche?'
To which you respond, 'Duh, wha? Me no understand.'
Then I put you back in your cage. — Josh Lieb

First off, I call them "children", not "kids". I am a child, and I am not ashamed to be one; time will cure this unfortunate condition. "Kid" is the cutesy name adults call children, because they think "child" sounds too scientific and clinical. I refuse to call myself by their idiotic pet name. Your grandmother might call you "Snugglepants Lovebotton", but that's not how you introduce yourself to strangers.
I also refuse to use terms like "teen", "tween", and etc. I find them patronizing and putrid. They are fake words, used to disguise the truth--that anyone under the age of eighteen is legally (and that's the only thing that matters) a child. — Josh Lieb

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it. — Josh Lieb

Moorehead is one of those sad people who go into teaching so they can be worshipped by the only people sadder than they are - students. — Josh Lieb

I'm the producer of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," so I definitely have an exciting day job. — Josh Lieb

Daddy was overcome by the charm of this scene. "They're just so amazing at that age. So innocent. So ... pure. As pure as the snow they play in." He apparently hadn't noticed the places where the snow was distinctly yellow. — Josh Lieb

It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you. — Josh Lieb

I keep my TV writing and my book writing almost wholly separate. The audiences feel so different. — Josh Lieb

Pammy surges out of her seat, arm straining for the sky. She will apparently pee herself if she's not allowed to answer this question. — Josh Lieb

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons. — Josh Lieb

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing. — Josh Lieb

I was an English major in college, though I ended up getting my degree in "General Stduies" because my grades were too bad to qualify for an English degree. — Josh Lieb

We can all agree that children are ugly. — Josh Lieb

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it. — Josh Lieb

I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for. — Josh Lieb

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense. — Josh Lieb

Write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount. You have to write so much that you don't mind throwing away and changing things that you've written - which is the second thing you have to do. A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet. The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out. — Josh Lieb

Fahrenheit 451 is one of those books that is about how amazing books are and how amazing the people who write books are. Writers love writing books like this, and for some reason, we let them get away with it. — Josh Lieb

You have to know writing styles well before you can copy them - and then incorporate parts of them into your own style. — Josh Lieb

If you want to do this - either write for TV, or write books - the first thing you have to do is write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount. — Josh Lieb