Sep 22, 2026 · 37 min · 12 segments
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Kinney talks about "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper." Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate party — for himself. But when the guest list grows, the decorations…
Jeff KinneyGuestTalks at Google HostHostYou also mentioned that even starting when you were really young, you were trying to be funny.
You were trying to figure out ways to be funny.
And just one of your books has hundreds of jokes.
The amount of jokes in a single book is crazy.
Have you ever counted?
No, but right now it's probably, well, I, yeah, it used to be, I think I would write 700 jokes per book and now I write probably more like 2000 jokes per book.
And that's crazy.
Okay.
So how do you do that? How do you now, how do you just, how do you know how to be funny? What does that sound like?
For me, it's a grind, right? So it's like a lot of output, which means a lot of typing.
You saw that I was carrying around this like little miniature typewriter with me.
That looked cool.
And I just put out volume, which means if you're a kid listening right now, it's just like I put out a lot of stuff and a lot of it isn't very good.
And so if you're reading my next book in a few months, which is called Fight or Flight, there's going to be a section where Greg is keeping track of all the bullies.
You also mentioned that even starting when you were really young, you were trying to be funny.
You were trying to figure out ways to be funny.
And just one of your books has hundreds of jokes.
The amount of jokes in a single book is crazy.
Have you ever counted?
No, but right now it's probably, well, I, yeah, it used to be, I think I would write 700 jokes per book and now I write probably more like 2000 jokes per book.
And that's crazy.
Okay.
So how do you do that? How do you now, how do you just, how do you know how to be funny? What does that sound like?
For me, it's a grind, right? So it's like a lot of output, which means a lot of typing.
You saw that I was carrying around this like little miniature typewriter with me.
That looked cool.
And I just put out volume, which means if you're a kid listening right now, it's just like I put out a lot of stuff and a lot of it isn't very good.
And so if you're reading my next book in a few months, which is called Fight or Flight, there's going to be a section where Greg is keeping track of all the bullies.
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