Adult Quote by Lynne Reid Banks

A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that…

— Brian Selznick

For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing…

— Rick Riordan

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

Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go…

— Rick Riordan

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

I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children,…

— Ann Packer

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.

— Maurice Sendak

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

— Lloyd Alexander

Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's book -…

— John Boyne

I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.

— Denise Mina

Writing for children is the toughest thing.

— Sudha Murty

I find writing very difficult. It's hard and it hurts sometimes, and it's scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant…

— Tony Kushner