Children Quote by Henry Miller

A man writes to throw off the poison which he has accumulated because of his false way of life. He is trying to recapture…

— Henry Miller

“Every writer must learn to kill his little darlings.”

— William Faulkner

“What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes.”

— Thomas Mann

“I have to write, as if I were carrying out a punishment. And the greatest punishment is to know that whatever I write will…

— Fernando Pessoa

“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad…

— CJ Heck

“A writer lives, at least, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies…

— William Sansom

“I do not believe in writing down to children but rather up to their intelligence.”

— D.L. Alexander

“yet, I have spent my literary career writing loving odes to my drunken and unreliable father. I have, in a spectacular show of hypocrisy,…

— Sherman Alexie

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

“I write out those things no child should ever have been made to know”

— Stephen Reid

“a true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.”

— Tobias Wolff

“A child thinks life is fair. A man stands by the consequences of his deeds.”

— Mary Stewart