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Children Quotes by Mark Haddon
- Many childrens writers dont have children of their own
- Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.
- The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher wanted…
- Most adults, unlike most children, understand the difference between a book that will hold them spellbound for a rainy Sunday afternoon and a book that…
- At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the…
- Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.
- Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene.
- Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very…
- I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
- I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
- All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.
- When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four…
- When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same…
More Children Quotes
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits… — Ezra Taft Benson
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.'… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- The essence of Taoism is really expressed by these few words. Taoism is the way of the child, the way of the… — Frederick Lenz
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster