Book Quote by Michael Ian Black

Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.

— Norman Macleod

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

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

— Maurice Sendak

I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write big, big,…

— Larry Winget

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

— David Walliams

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

— Walter Jon Williams

I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I…

— Louis Sachar

It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.

— Douglas Adams

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for…

— Michael Morpurgo

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

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.

— William Steig