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Children Book Quotes by Mark Haddon
- 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.
- I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.
More Children Book Quotes
- For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks… — Arthur Rimbaud
- I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to… — Richard Adams
- I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children. — Arnold Lobel
- I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder… — Leo Lionni
- My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable… — Roald Dahl
- Any alphabet book for children where 'P is for Patti' Smith and 'X is for the women whose names we don't know'… — Francesca Lia Block
- I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children… — Richard K. Morgan
- I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more… — Enid Blyton
- Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded… — Mark Haddon
- I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier. — Mark Haddon
- There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great… — Michael Morpurgo