Children Quote by Quentin Blake

You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

— Roald Dahl

Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more…

— Margaret Mahy

I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as a children's…

— Ruskin Bond

I never wrote for children. I wrote with respect for the audience, which I've maintained all my life. Doesn't mean I couldn't be risque,…

— Chespirito

I always love writing about children.

— Joanna Trollope

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

Kids love to be silly, they love to laugh, so I think it was natural for my kids to like the sort of books…

— Michael Ian Black

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

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want…

— Chris Van Allsburg

In some sense, there is no such thing as writing for children.

— Eric Metaxas

I have often said that I think children's books are like poetry. Finding the exact right words to tell a story is something all…

— Rebecca Serle

When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now…

— Jack Prelutsky