Children Quote by Kent Haruf

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

“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to say positive…

— Lloyd Alexander

I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something to the…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well…

— Martin Amis

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

— Anonymous

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play;…

— Monica Ali

Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.

— Ben Marcus

Except I'm aware that as a writer you can't get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults. Children have…

— Alan Bradley

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

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want…

— Chris Van Allsburg

Fiction is risky for writers also in that the process of making certain books, of shaping certain narratives, leaves scars and marks on your…

— Chris Abani