Children Quote by Robin McKinley

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

As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't…

— Robin Wasserman

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and…

— Theresa Breslin

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

There really is no difference in the actual writing or plotting. I choose to tell different stories for the younger reader and, of course,…

— Michael Scott

What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or…

— Robin McKinley

I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I…

— Natalie Babbitt

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

— Rene Russo

I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some restrictions, so…

— Daniel Handler

To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists…

— Charles de Lint

The stories of kids who grew up in communities like mine weren't being written about in many books for kids.

— Jason Reynolds

I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for so long,…

— Rick Riordan