Child Quote by Tomie dePaola

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

— Mark Haddon

Basically, I'm always coming up with ideas for mixing the things I want to draw with things targeted at children.

— Akira Toriyama

Emotions interest me, and I'm fascinated by how a child's mind works.

— Tamzin Outhwaite

So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.

— Paul G. Tremblay

To me, this is one of the great things about writing kids' books: the illustrations.

— Kate DiCamillo

“It is marvelous to see the raw play of emotions on the face of a child. No trying to conceal any feeling or disguise…

— Jessica Brockmole

So many things that you can ask children hopefully pique their interest and they can design and think for themselves. Having children draw and…

— Julie Andrews

I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally…

— Nina Bawden

One seeks to equip the child with deeper, more gripping, and subtler ways of knowing the world and himself.

— Anonymous

I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements…

— Sylvester Stallone

I'm constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any situation. It's…

— David Duchovny

“Children were quick to grasp the subtleties of emotions around them, to see through evasions and quickly identify prevarication.”

— Charles Todd