Ability Quote by Philip Pullman

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a…

— David Chase

The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.

— Lauren Beukes

The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of…

— Natalie Babbitt

The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this is that if you ever get to the point…

— Robin McKinley

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

— Anonymous

Children's stories force logic upon the gruesome facts of our lives. They mirror our troubles and submit them to a chain of causality.

— Melissa Febos

Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

— Mac Barnett

Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog.

— Grace Paley

Every child deserves to see themselves in stories they can enjoy, but it isn't the place of white people to decide how and why…

— Jennifer Armintrout

We write stories that we like and hope the kids like them, too. But we definitely make sure that they skew toward a kid…

— Butch Hartman

I find that children have very little trouble understanding non-literal stories.

— John Shelby Spong

I think that stories, and the telling of stories, are the foundations of human communication and understanding. If children all over the country are…

— Beeban Kidron