He also talks about how old he thinks a reader would need to be to really get his book’s humor, and talks about whether his own kids are reading his books, in this short article (here) about how illustrators of kids’ books include their own kids when they create.
In the second half of this article (here), about how humor for kids doesn’t need to talk down to them, Jeff Kinney talks about how he writes humor for kids by following this idea.
He talks (here) about how he really thinks of himself as a cartoonist, rather than an author, and also talks about the character of Greg Heffley.
He talks about the history of his writing, and about what it’s like to write books (here).
The reviewer looks at why the book is so popular, and Jeff Kinney explains how “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” happened (here).
The questions and answers are (here).
