Book Quote by Molly Ivins

Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.

— Philip Kaufman

I can remember in my adolescence feeling that many of the things that were hurtful and hypocritical in society were things related to sex.…

— Hugh Hefner

Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need…

— Zoe Saldana

“Book banning satisfied their need to feel in control of their children's lives. Those who censored were easily frightened. They were afraid of exposing…

— Judy Blume

“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control--about who is snapping the whip, who is…

— Stephen King

“Increasingly, the girl child is becoming an endangered specie as pedophiles’ continue to roam free in our societies terrorizing the lives of our children…

— Oche Otorkpa

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.

— Alice Miller

“Today, it's possible to read both erotica and books written for children without fear of social castigation.”

— Amelia Gray

... censorship often boils down to some male judges getting to read a lot of dirty books--with one hand.

— Robin Morgan

Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very,…

— Mark Haddon

I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.

— Neil Gaiman