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Well meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading - do not discourage children from reading because you feel they're reading the…

— Neil Gaiman

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

— Eleanor Catton

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

— Jesse Andrews

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading…

— Elizabeth Bowen

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of…

— Natalie Babbitt

There is a certain limitlessness to children's novels. You can be as fun and imaginative and creative as you want and your audience is…

— Carrie Hope Fletcher

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

There are certain books that should be taken away from young writers; that should be prised out of their clutching fingers and locked away…

— Anne Enright

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

— David Duchovny

If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an adult reader,…

— Jeff Kinney

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a…

— Kazuo Ishiguro