About Quote by Spike Jonze

I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak being another.

— Chris Meledandri

“children who are blessed with happy childhoods almost never grow up to become famous writers.”

— Joan Schenkar

I think Roald Dahl had the rarest combination of talking to kids about complex emotions, and he was able to show you that the…

— Guillermo del Toro

I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.

— Anthony Shadid

“Children are notoriously literal readers, and I was no exception. Books, I believed, contained the entire truth about everything, and if you could just…

— Pamela Paul

The books that I wrote in my late teens and 20s, the little love stories, they were right from the heart.

— Ruskin Bond

“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is only enjoyed by children is a bad…

— Joe Rigney

When I was little, my older brother, Gary, was forced to read a book a week in fourth grade. The books he liked he…

— Keith Hernandez

“I certainly couldn't have survived my childhood without books. All that deprivation and pain--abuse, broken home, a runaway sister, a brother with cancer--the books…

— Junot Díaz

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

I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak being another.…

— Christopher Meledandri

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

— Meg Wolitzer