Children Quote by Mark Helprin

A children's writer should, ideally, be a dedicated semi-lunatic, a kind of poet with a marvelous idea, who, preferably, when not committing the marvellous…

— Joan Aiken

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

— Jack Prelutsky

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

— Dennis Potter

Though not all reading children grow up to be writers, I take it that most creative writers must in their day have been reading…

— Elizabeth Bowen

I've learned to accept that I'm a children's writer, even if it's not what I set out to become. It's what I should have…

— Jeff Kinney

I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.

— Rick Riordan

I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we…

— Arnold Adoff

I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly…

— Daniel Handler

I think a lot of people assume you need to be born into a special creative family to have a career as a writer.…

— Jane Fallon

If you can instill a love of reading in your children, they will be ahead of the curve at school and in their lives…

— Julie Andrews

I wasn't thinking about becoming a children's writer. I just have an idea and if it sounds like a kids' book I'll write a…

— David Baddiel

I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages.…

— Walt Disney