Robert Munsch Quotes & Sayings

Success is a wonderful addition to my life. — Robert Munsch

I love you forever, my baby you'll be — Robert Munsch

Most of my books came from when I was telling stories. — Robert Munsch

Writing is a bit like swimming. You learn writing by doing it and you learn swimming by doing it. Nobody learns how to swim by reading a book about swimming and nobody learns how to write by reading a book about writing. If you want to learn how to write, write a lot and you will get better at it. — Robert Munsch

People forget what a big issue toilet training is for adults and kids, and it is not fun, especially when you're in a car on the interstate. — Robert Munsch

Every author has different ways of writing and what works for one author does not necessarily work for another. — Robert Munsch

Prince Ronald said, Elizabeth, your hair is all dirty. You are wearing an ugly paper bag. You don't have any shoes on and you smell like a dragon's ear. Come back and rescue me when you're dressed like a real princess.
Elizabeth said, Ronald, your hair is all nice. Your clothes are all pretty. You look like a nice guy, but guess what? You are a bum.
They didn't get married after all. — Robert Munsch

Clang Clang Rattle Bing Bang, Gonna make my noise all day! — Robert Munsch

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living,
my baby you'll be. — Robert Munsch

I get my ideas for books from my own kids and sometimes from other children. Often when I am telling stories I will say: I am going to make up a new story. — Robert Munsch

Writers' communities are very helpful to writers because it gives them a way to try out their stuff short of publication. — Robert Munsch

I tell the stories in front of audiences and wait for something to happen. It's similar to a standup comic doing his schtick for an audience. — Robert Munsch

I almost flunked first grade and also the second, third, forth, and fifth; but my younger brother was in the grade behind me and he was a brain and nobody wanted to have me be in the same grade as him, so they kept passing me. I never learned how to spell, graduated from eighth grade counting on my fingers to do simple addition, and in general was not a resounding academic success. — Robert Munsch

If you don't remember childhood and you idealize it, you can't write books for kids because they're not real. Kids pick that up. — Robert Munsch

I get up in front of a bunch of kids and say 'Hey, I'm gonna tell you a new story. Who wants to be in a new story?' Well some kid always sticks up their hand and that gives me a name, but it doesn't give me a story. I just say whatever comes to my mind and usually it's not that good. Every once in a while, however, I say something that turns into a really good story. — Robert Munsch

The title is one of the most important things. It is the first thing that people read. — Robert Munsch