I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
We've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children's books. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
If you are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books. — Richard Scarry Copy Share Image
I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me. — Oliver Jeffers Copy Share Image
All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
Who is my role model and how long can I keep this going? I just move around and do different things and… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I'm also very hopeful to continue my literary journey into the realm of children's books. To be able to read my kids… — Trista Sutter Copy Share Image
I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry.… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
With my mother, Julie Andrews Edwards, I've authored such children's books as the 'Dumpy the Dump Truck' series, 'Dragon: Hound of Honor,'… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
“He was distressed to learn that the Pottery Barn Kids gift registry did not extend to children's books in Italian or Yiddish.” — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Top 3 favorite books? I love finding really great children’s books. My daughter was given "Pickle Chiffon Pie" which is so fantastic.… — Abbie Schiller Copy Share Image
The weekly cartoons, as were my plays, came from a sense of criticism, criticism of the times, critical of the culture, of… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
“Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat with only 236 different words, so his editor bet him he couldn’t write a… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“Some of the best portrayals I’ve seen of the eternal Heaven are in children’s books. Why? Because they depict earthly scenes, with… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write… — Coy Bowles Copy Share Image
It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Children's books aren't textbooks. Their primary purpose isn't supposed to be "Pick this up and it will teach you this." It's not… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“At the age of ninety-two, James spent months hunched over the kitchen table, learning the alphabet, practicing his signature, and slowly progressing… — Linda Kaplan Thaler Copy Share Image
I'd finished the first two [books] and they were going to to be published, and [editor] said, "We need you to write… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“Lions should be strong but sweet beasts in a Disney cartoon. But they aren't, so when they act like lions you're angry… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
“To do exciting, empowering research and leave it in academic journals and university libraries is like manufacturing unaffordable medicines for deadly diseases.… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
“I seem to grow more acutely conscious of the swift passage of time as I grow older. When I was small, days… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“These words on the screen represented her latest project, an attempt at a series of commercial, discreetly feminist crime novels. She had… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“The apartment was entirely, was only, for her: a wall of books, both read and unread, all of them dear to her… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“Grown-ups don’t look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they’re big and thoughtless and they always know what they’re doing. Inside,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. — William Steig Copy Share Image
I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore. — Stanley Williams Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books. — Richard Scarry Copy Share Image
I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl.… — Barry Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are… — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
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