Stijn Streuvels Quotes

I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.

I was quite naughty at school.

Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.

I did a lot of mischief while I was a little boy, and I continue to do it now that I am President.

I wasn't a good kid. I didn't hurt anybody, but I was doing things kids do that they shouldn't.

I was a problematic kid, to be sure.

When I am wicked I am in high spirits.

I've never been that cute kid that was forgiven for being naughty.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

I just don't want people to think I'm too sweet of a boy; and little miss angel boy, because I'm going to get caught doing somebody horrible.

I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.

I drove my mum and dad mad.

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.

I was the kid who was drawing on tables or removing the legs of furniture.

I was a pretty difficult teenager.

As a kid, I was mischievous, necessarily, but I always wanted to do adventurous stuff.

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

I went through a period when I was rebellious and a mess of a person.

I was a sloppy kid, wanted to be just wild.

I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

It's totally fun to play troublemakers - totally.

I was a class clown; the nuns didn't like that.