Adult Quote by Marie Rutkoski

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

— Lois Lowry

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so.…

— David Walliams

“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books are written…

— Lloyd Alexander

Of course all children's literature is not fantastic, so all fantastic books need not be children's books. It is still possible, even in an…

— C. S. Lewis

Anything can become a children's book if you give it to a child...Children are actually the best (and worst) audience for literature because they…

— Orson Scott Card

“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 have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

— Tracy K. Smith

There's a difference between children's literature and all-ages literature. One is written expressly for children. The other is written for everyone, including children. And…

— Ryan North

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

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer…

— Arthur Ransome

I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them. The idea…

— Soman Chainani

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe