About Quote by Beverly Cleary Download Open image “I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood.” — Beverly Cleary ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Children Funny Lived Neighborhood Sort Stories Who
I've always really loved stories told from the point of view of children. — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old lady put… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
These were our bedtime stories. Tales that haunted our parents and made them laugh at the same time. We never understood them until we… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
I don't miss much about my childhood. I lived in a good neighborhood, a wacky neighborhood. It was a very boy-heavy neighborhood - kind… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family. — Stephen Mangan Copy Share Image
My neighborhood was like 'The Wonder Years.' We played until 10 o'clock at night. We used to tell scary stories. I was the one… — Richard Chizmar Copy Share Image
As a kid I used to always write these stories... some of them were really cute; some of them were kind of crazy. — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
I had a pretty regular childhood, with a rad mum who taught me to love reading and thinking and laughing, and (as far as… — Brooke Fraser Copy Share Image
I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us,… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I haven't been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children's literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“She was surprised to feel his hand on her arm and still more surprised-almost unbelieving-to see his fingers unclasp his identification bracelet and remove… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“He seemed grown-up, compared to the boys at school, and although he was not handsome, or even particularly good-looking—there were still some scars on… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
