Becoming Quote by David Baddiel

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer…

— Arthur Ransome

There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.

— Richard Scarry

I don't know how to write a children's book.

— Maurice Sendak

I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was set in…

— Daniel Handler

Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's book -…

— John Boyne

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia

I would love to write more children's books. There is such a high standard out there for children's books; there are really amazing writers.…

— Jewel

I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I should have…

— Jeff Kinney

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books…

— Don Novello

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

— Maurice Sendak

A children's writer should, ideally, be a dedicated semi-lunatic, a kind of poet with a marvelous idea, who, preferably, when not committing the marvellous…

— Joan Aiken

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle