Books Quote by Gretchen Rubin

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child,…

— Rita Dove

Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

— Ruskin Bond

“Those who write for children, or at least those who write best for children, are not child-like or immature, but they do remember with…

— J.K. Rowling

Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy.

— Sabaa Tahir

“Like the children in fairy stories who have seen their parents make pacts with terrifying strangers, who have discovered that our fears are based…

— Alice Munro

“These stories are written for children of all ages who enjoy reading or who want to enjoy reading and don't mind becoming captivated by…

— Ron Corcoran The Stoery

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

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s…

— Madeleine L'Engle

This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what…

— Philip Pullman

I was obsessed with fairytales, and I was a very, very inquisitive kid, and I would ask my mom all kinds of questions. It…

— Chris Colfer

When a child keeps asking you to tell him/her a story, what they instinctively really want to know -- is their true purpose and…

— Suzy Kassem

“The children will need new stories and fairy tales to see them through their nightmares and daydreams, to transfigure their sorrows and fears at…

— Keith Donohue