Children Quote by E. B. White

Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the…

— Anonymous

When you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you.

— Charles Ghigna

I mean, I don't write for kids.

— Al Yankovic

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

— Katherine Paterson

You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better.

— Maxim Gorky

Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to…

— Jerry Spinelli

Not everyone writes well from a child's point of view.

— Richard Russo

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

— Maurice Sendak

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when…

— Diana Wynne Jones

How do you write for children? I really have never figured that out. So I decided to just ignore it

— Maurice Sendak

You must never lose that touch of childishness. You need it if you wish to write for children, if you wish to understand the…

— Carolyn Haywood

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'

— Maurice Sendak