Always Quote by Judy Blume

[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will…

— Judy Blume

If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the…

— Judy Blume

There are certain books that should be taken away from young writers; that should be prised out of their clutching fingers and locked away…

— Anne Enright

If we ever head down the American path of banning certain books or turning the editorial process into one of censorship, we will risk…

— Matt Haig

I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them. The idea…

— Soman Chainani

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing…

— Nelson Mandela

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

— Tamora Pierce

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good.…

— Helen Dunmore

Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“What I worry about most is the loss to young people. If no one speaks out for them, if they don't speak out for…

— Judy Blume

We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

— Tamora Pierce