To write for children at all is an act of faith.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she…

— Jenna Bush

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

— Katherine Paterson

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit…

— Samuel Richardson

Intuitively, one would assume if you don't grow up with other children you might not learn that easy give and take. What often happens…

— Peter Thomas

It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I would not let my children act when they are young!

— Keri Russell

I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young.

— Jane Asher

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

— Madeleine L'Engle

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book…

— Madeleine L'Engle

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's…

— Michael Ian Black

I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore.

— Stanley Williams

“On the level of high art, in their common efforts to express human truths, relationships, attitudes, and personal visions, children's literature and adult literature…

— Lloyd Alexander

He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be…

— Katherine Paterson