As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
Writers do not write what they know. They write what they can imagine. — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
“In a sane world, we would be heroes. Teachers would applaud as we walked into the school. There is the smart one,… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about. — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I was a good student, but a speech impediment was causing problems. One of my teachers decided that I couldn't pronounce certain… — 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
