Books Quote by Anonymous

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

— Norman Mailer

“Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth.”

— Norman Mailer

“Being a writer is a lot like being a mother, only books don't talk back when they get older.”

— Nandi Berry

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

— Madeleine L'Engle

“A writer is anyone who follows only the truth of who they are, without ever relying on anything other than the poverty and solitude…

— Christian Bobin

“Writing a book is like raising a child, the only difference is you don’t have the fucking part in writing a book.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s…

— Madeleine L'Engle

The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise. Parents are…

— E. M. Delafield

“Books nurtured, guided and comforted me as a child. Books were my substitute parents and teachers, when the adults in my life failed me.”

— Anthon St. Maarten

The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves.

— Andrea Brown

“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad…

— CJ Heck

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

— Maurice Sendak