quotes by Christopher Paul Curtis

""...that was Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things to Have a Funner LIfe and Make a Better Liar Out of Yourself Number 83...If a Adult Tells You Not to Worry, and You Weren't Worried Before, You Better Hurry Up and Start 'Cause You're Already Running Late.""
— Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy)

"Rules and Things Number 63: Never, Ever Say Something Bad About Someone You Don't Know--Especially When You're Around a Bunch of Strangers. You Never Can Tell Who Might Be Kin to That Person or Who Might Be a Lip-Flapping, Big-Mouth Spy."
— Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy)

"Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!""
— Christopher Paul Curtis (The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963)

"It's times like this when someone is talking to you like you are a grown-up that you have to be careful not to pick your nose or dig your drawers out of your butt."
— Christopher Paul Curtis (The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963)

""The big steel wheels creaked a couple times, then started moving.""
— Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy)

"Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck."
— Christopher Paul Curtis (The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963)

" "Byron says he won't go there. He give Kenny and Joey a story about "Wool Pooh," the supposed evil twin of Winnie-the-Pooh. They believe him, but Kenny still wants to go.""
— Christopher Paul Curtis (The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963)