Book Quote by Anonymous

Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that…

— Judy Blume

All the excitements of a prohibited book had their usual effect, one of which, as always, is to expose the fact that the censors…

— Christopher Hitchens

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only…

— Robertson Davies

“Books are our windows on the world. They permit us to safely experience other lives and ways of thinking and feeling. Books give us…

— Harry Mazer

I am the only living person in the English speaking world who didn't have the Narnia books as a child.

— Tilda Swinton

Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.

— Alberto Manguel

“Adult stories never made sense, and they were so slow to start. They made me feel like there were secrets, Masonic, mythic secrets, to…

— Neil Gaiman

Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers…

— Felice Picano

“Don't you think you're a little old now to be quoting The Chronicles of Narnia ?' I ask, raising an eyebrow at him. 'You…

— Jennifer Gilby Roberts

I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person…

— Lois Lowry

Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write the story…

— Ellen Hopkins

Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs.…

— Regina Brett