Book Quote by Judy Blume

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

— Carl Hiaasen

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

— Coy Bowles

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

— St. Lucia

I'm writing all the books I wish I had when I was a kid.

— Jason Reynolds

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher…

— Jeff Kinney

I've always loved children's books - it's not that I didn't like them, I just didn't think I wanted to do that. But then…

— Brian Selznick

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

— Mark Kurlansky

If you don't remember childhood and you idealize it, you can't write books for kids because they're not real. Kids pick that up.

— Robert Munsch

We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children.

— Tom Fletcher

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

— Mark Haddon

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