Helpful Quote by Katherine Paterson

When people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not…

— Katherine Paterson

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.

— Ruskin Bond

Everyone has a bizarre childhood and unusual life experiences, whether they know it or not. There's no such thing as a normal childhood. What's…

— Kelly Link

Writing for young readers is almost like dipping into a fountain of youth; for hours a day, I am a child again.

— Iain Lawrence

Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.

— Enid Blyton

When you do something a little bit extreme or weird, it helps make it more interesting and more amenable to being written about.

— Robin Sloan

Writing has been one of the most powerful influences in my life and it always has been since I was a little girl.

— Evangeline Lilly

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child,…

— Rita Dove

You know, it's a truism that writers for children must still be children themselves, deep down, must still feel childish feelings, and a child's…

— Anonymous

Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and end, tell…

— Andrea Brown

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende