Canon Quote by Satya Bhabha

When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those…

— Salman Rushdie

One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of…

— Salman Rushdie

There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why aren't people…

— Denise Mina

Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Children's fiction is the most important fiction of all.

— Neil Gaiman

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

I think that most of the children's writers live in the world that they've created, and their children are kind of phantoms that wander…

— A. S. Byatt

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 that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

— Eleanor Catton

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

There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books.

— Richard Scarry

You know, it's a truism that writers for children must still be children themselves, deep down, must still feel childish feelings, and a child's…

— Anonymous