Asked Quote by Sara Sheridan

And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the…

— Astrid Lindgren

I'm the author of several books, including children's books.

— Eric Metaxas

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

— Steven Wright

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.

— Oliver Jeffers

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child,…

— Rita Dove

From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.

— Emeli Sande

People had been writing to me and saying, "Can you write something for children?" I felt I couldn't quite do it myself because I…

— Eckhart Tolle

I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.

— Mark Kurlansky

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

I became a children's author by accident.

— Jerry Spinelli

Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

— Ruskin Bond

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia