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I am a social realist writer.

— Jed Mercurio

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my…

— Nina Bawden

Writing has been one of the most powerful influences in my life and it always has been since I was a little girl.

— Evangeline Lilly

I think I'm fascinated with empowering the shy kids.

— Butch Hartman

My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.

— Judy Blume

I actually have two children now, and sometimes I wonder if that's it. Because they do make writing and directing more complicated and more…

— Diablo Cody

I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.

— Wally Lamb

Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference.

— Coy Bowles

Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.

— James S. Coleman

When my first book came out, it was very disorienting. My health went south. I didn't know how to relate to people. I thought,…

— Mary Gaitskill

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

— Arthur Conan Doyle