Books Quote by Anthony Horowitz Download Open image “It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.” — Anthony Horowitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Children Children 's literature Children'S Literature Course Courses Get Literature Parent Parenting Parents Rid Traditional
It's important for survival that children have their own experiences, the kind they learn from. The kind their parents arrange for are not as… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them. — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
I wanted to be supportive of parents rather than to scold them. The book set out very deliberately to counteract some of the rigidities… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather than summarily… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Parents should leave books lying around marked ‘forbidden’ if they want their children to read. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
As for literature – to introduce children to literature is to install them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring a continual… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
As the child outlives the father,so must the character bury the author. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been happy to think of myself as a… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“By the time Dimitrov realised what had happened, it was too late. He had taken aim but Bond had already fired. Three bullets spat… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?" "I wouldn't call… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a kicking for… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him speak was a bit like watching a… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color;… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
