Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Tim Federle

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Tim Federle.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Tim Federle is an American author, theater librettist, director and screenwriter whose best-known works include the novel Better Nate Than Ever, the cocktail recipe book Tequila Mockingbird, the Golden Globe Award and Academy Awards nominee Ferdinand, and Disney's High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

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The thing I miss about performing is being with people.

Tim Federle

'Five, Six, Seven, Nate!' opens on my 13-year-old protagonist packing up a duffel bag and bidding his Midwestern town goodbye, heading off to start rehearsals for his New York City debut in 'E.T.: The Musical.'

Tim Federle

My mother had a book club that would dissolve into opening wine.

Tim Federle

You can't tell the story of a 13-year-old boy who knows every lyric to 'Phantom of the Opera' without also referencing how much teasing he gets at school.

Tim Federle

The biggest difference in writing a sequel is that now there are expectations. But also - and this is the awesome part - now there are fans, too!

Tim Federle

My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to.

Tim Federle

Are we absolutely certain that Becky Albertalli didn't just steal the diary of a hilariously observant teenage boy? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a pitch-perfect triumph of wit and wordplay that feels timelessly, effortlessly now.

Tim Federle

I'm from the ADHD generation, to be honest - I genuinely was on Ritalin in middle school - so I'm most comfortable with a hundred things going on at once. It's deadlines that get pesky.

Tim Federle

I think for me the trick is not to aim to impress or to even try to make people laugh but instead to tell the truth.

Tim Federle

Basically the most fun part about the first day of anything is buying all the supplies.

Tim Federle

The coolest thing you can become is yourself.

Tim Federle