Character Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something to the…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

Of all people, children are the ones that really understand when there's a truth there for them - an emotional truth. The characters really…

— Jan Brett

I think that usually the risk in trying to write children in fiction is the tendency to make them too cute or something.

— Kent Haruf

I believe young children in particular enjoy witnessing the survival of youthful protagonists against terrible odds. I think it's gratifying to the reader when…

— Robert Paul Weston

I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all…

— Rebecca Serle

We've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children's books.

— Michael Rosen

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so.…

— David Walliams

I've always been interested in a certain kind of sophistication in children's literature. I loved Roald Dahl; I loved the underlying nastiness of some…

— David Small

Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became…

— Meg Tilly

When I read to children, I try to become the characters. It's great if you can make a separate voice for each character. Sometimes…

— Julie Andrews

I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so…

— Daniel Handler