"Children's books are often seen as the poor……" — David Walliams
"Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself."
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58 Quotes by David Walliams
David Walliams has 58 quotes on this site.
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All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.
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I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to…
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Definitely I love women, I love being around women, I find them incredible and intoxicating, and I've never had that…
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I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel…
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TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.
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It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and…
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I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again,…
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When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and…
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Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.
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We sort of expect to see men in women's clothes. It's part of our culture. The key thing is, it…
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I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great…
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Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always…
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More Adult Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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