Certainly Quote by Richard Dawkins

I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian…

— Michael Morpurgo

I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Happily, I had lots of childhood heroes.

— Kate DiCamillo

We've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children's books.

— Michael Rosen

My favourite character in fiction was probably either James from 'James and the Giant Peach' or Ender from 'Ender's Game.' They were just ordinary…

— Rupi Kaur

I have written, probably, more books for children than any other writer, from story-books to plays, and can claim to know more about interesting…

— Enid Blyton

When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They…

— Fred Rogers

Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

— Jessica Mitford

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life,…

— Brad Meltzer

I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, when people like Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele, Lilith Norman…

— Catherine Jinks

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.

— Sophie Kinsella

I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing about themselves,…

— Stephan Pastis