Deserve Quote by Jim Dale

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

Kids think you just sit down and start writing. I always tell them you never do that.

— R. L. Stine

Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a…

— E. B. White

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be…

— Gary Ross

“The longer children live on the street, the more they realize the meaninglessness of words. They don't say things such as 'Thank you' and…

— Chi Huang

I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern…

— Matthew Specktor

I always write back to people who are kind enough to write to me. Actually, I don't write - I recline on my red…

— Sue Townsend

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

It's an important thing for children to be able to make up their own words.

— Mark Rylance

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

There have been times when I've written something and it goes out and it comes back in a letter from some kid as to…

— David Bowie

A letter is always better than a phone call. People write things in letters they would never say in person. They permit themselves to…

— Alice Steinbach