I began going to juvenile prisons. And some of these kids face some very, very tough lives. How do they handle these… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“pain is the only real emotion. Everything else can be taken away. Love,happiness,joy can always be taken away. Even old sadness can be dissipated… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“People who want to hate you can find something in you they don't like. They have a talent for doing that.” — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards,… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“Sometimes everybody touches in the dark. You touch to see what you can stand to touch, what you can to feel with your fingers… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
![“We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick patient, you would not try to entice them to take their medicine. You would tell them, ‘Take this or you’re going to die.’ We need to tell kids flat out…” quote by Walter Dean Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/034/walter-dean-myers-2582_flats_we-re-suggesting-that-kids-are-missing-s_1425344.jpg)
