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I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you. They helped…

— Paul Auster

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 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

When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when…

— R. L. Stine

We write stories that we like and hope the kids like them, too. But we definitely make sure that they skew toward a kid…

— Butch Hartman

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

— Nicole Krauss

If you are watching a fairy tale, that's why you go to fairy tales: you want these uncomplicated stories and uncomplicated characters. But if…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

I like reading books about kids where there weren't really many adults, where they didn't need an adult to come and solve the problems…

— John Boyne

I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales and myths,…

— Stanley Kubrick

The telling of stories creates the real world.

— Alberto Manguel

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers…

— Ally Carter