Books Quote by Lili Wilkinson

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“If you write a kid's book only for kids, then you have failed.”

— Don Roff

I've told youngsters not to write their autobiographical novel at the age of twenty-one; to save it for the time when they're fifty-one or…

— Laura Z. Hobson

If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“No one can tell you what you can and cannot put in your book. So be brave and just write!”

— Chrys Fey

“if you want to convince children of the power of books, don’t tell them stories are good. Tell them a good story.”

— Roger Sutton

“The trouble with adults is that they never believe kids can do something even when they have good ideas.”

— Jean Merrill

“Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk with…

— Anonymous

Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They…

— Lev Grossman

“Teachers need to sit with their journal and write in the voice of that teenager. Write and remember. That’s who we teach!”

— Penny Kittle

“No one gives a shit if you write a book or not.”

— Jeffrey Ford

Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults, and so…

— Mabel Robinson