Anything Quote by Beverly Cleary

My goal is to teach readers how to treat and respect themselves and each other in an entertaining way. I do that in all…

— Lisi Harrison

I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress…

— Gideon Defoe

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

— Isaac Asimov

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may…

— Goldie Hawn

I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.

— Mariella Frostrup

If a book isn't teaching me something, pulling something out of me, then it will be dull for me and the reader.

— Scott Spencer

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

— Steven Wright

The teacher always used me as an example to the class of good English and good storytelling because we all had to write the…

— Michael Jackson

Ninety percent of the children’s books patronize the child and say there’s a difference between you and me, so you listen to this story.…

— Dr. Seuss

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

— Wally Lamb

Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject ... they would…

— Isaac Asimov

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

— Mark Kurlansky