Believe Quote by John Mortimer

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

— Beverly Cleary

“I hope, that in the days, and weeks, and years to come, the question of where the dividing lines between adult and children’s fiction…

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Eleanor Catton

You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest…

— P. L. Travers

A children's book is the perfect place where young readers can understand the world because they can take a deep breath and look at…

— Jan Brett

One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living…

— Madeleine L'Engle

All of my children's books are attempts to tap into what I believe to be children's, and to some extent human beings', fantasies.

— David Baddiel

I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish,…

— Judy Blume

Like every child growing up in America, I read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn.' I liked them well enough, but I…

— Caroline Lawrence

There is a certain limitlessness to children's novels. You can be as fun and imaginative and creative as you want and your audience is…

— Carrie Hope Fletcher

As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read.

— Mark Haddon

There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.

— Zane Grey