Books Quote by Barbara Park Download Open image “There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.” — Barbara Park ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Found Laugh Make Many Readers Reluctant Them Who Young
I think there are probably just as many adults who would miss the humor of my books, if not more, as there are children. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good.… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“I don’t have the heart to tell my sons that the older one gets, the less funny literature becomes—and they would refuse to believe me if I tried to explain that some people don’t think jokes even belong in proper books. I won’t bother breaking the news that, if they remain readers, they will insist on depressing themselves for about… — Nick Hornby Copy Share
“There are those who will laugh at those who read useful books, and yet there is little difference between those who cannot read and… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I don't believe there are readers and non-readers; I believe there are those who've found the right books and those who haven't--yet!” — C.C. Payne Copy Share Image
When you're old enough to write a book for children, by then you'll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness.… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
When I think of the books I love, there's always a little laughter in the dark. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer… — Avi Copy Share
“Then Mrs. confiscated my shiny glitter jar. Confiscate is the school word for yanked it right out of my hand.” — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
A stick or a stone only stings for a minute. A name seems to hurt forever. — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness. — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'. — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It's… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
“How many minutes is shortly?” I asked. “Is it one minute or eight minutes or eleven minutes? On account of if it's one minute,… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
“That Grace looked annoyed at me. "I didn't say you would go to jail, Junie B.," she said. "I just wish you would say… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
“They really liked each other, too. Not like boyfriend and girlfriend, I don't mean. But they both had naturally curly hair, and they both… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
When you’re in between dreams, you get to lean back and relax and stop trying so hard. Trying to be somebody, I mean. It’s… — Barbara Park 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
