Books Quote by Kitty Pryde

“We writers are the worst kind of cruel, Because we worship our own stories and poems, And what human can compete with metaphors? Writers…

— Sherman Alexie

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

“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

When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They…

— Chris Ware

“I’ve seen middle grade books criticized by adult readers for leaving things for the reader to figure out, for not having perfect happily-ever-after endings.…

— Anne Ursu

“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read…

— Barbara Cooney

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

— Eleanor Catton

As to Hemingway, I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it.

— Ernest Hemingway

“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children . . . do not discourage children from reading because…

— Neil Gaiman

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

— Tyler Hilton

“Today, it's possible to read both erotica and books written for children without fear of social castigation.”

— Amelia Gray

I've always been interested in a certain kind of sophistication in children's literature. I loved Roald Dahl; I loved the underlying nastiness of some…

— David Small