All Walter Dean Myers Quotes
- We’re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they don’t read but, actually, we’re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick… Condemning
- I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books.… Acknowledge
- We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional. Flat
- It is this language of values which I hope to bring to my books. . . . I want to bring values to those who… Been
- Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? Book
- When I began to read, I began to exist Began
- What did I do? I walked into a drugstore to look for some mints, and then I walked out. What was wrong with that? I… Drugstore
- Think about all the tomorrows of your life. All
- What I do with my books is to create windows to my world that all may peer into. I share the images, the feelings and… All
- And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And… Able
- When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers… Combat
- I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic… Any
- We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct. Adjunct
- With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about. Humanize
- Violence was just as much about WHAT was happening as it was how it happened. Funny
- The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence? Been
- What some people wanted was sometimes too hard to get, and the stress of trying was sometimes too hard to deal with... Maybe doing well… Deal
- But in the end, we learn we can forgive most people. The cushion of mortality makes their wrongdoing seem less dark, and whatever roads they… Cushion
- As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a… Absorb
- One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had… Banned
- We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is… All
- America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true. America
- As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer. Athlete
- Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me. Adopted
- Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war. Each
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