Better Quote by Emma Walton Hamilton

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for…

— Michael Morpurgo

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell…

— Maurice Sendak

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

— Eleanor Catton

The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves.

— Andrea Brown

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading…

— Elizabeth Bowen

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.…

— David Walliams

I read a lot of books to my children, and they all seem really good. I think people have gotten really good at children's…

— Penn Jillette

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

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

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

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

— Helen Dunmore

I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I…

— Louis Sachar