Adult Quote by Jeff Kinney

Originally I had planned to write just a couple of children's books and then, return the focus on adult literature. A funny thing happened…

— Nikki Grimes

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's…

— Al Yankovic

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

— Anne Enright

I definitely thought I was going to write books. I wrote a couple of children's books when I was like 11 when I was…

— Chrissy Costanza

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

— Coy Bowles

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I became a children's author by accident.

— Jerry Spinelli

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,

— Carl Hiaasen

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

— Steven Wright