Books Quote by Walter Dean Myers

There is a crisis involving reading in certain communities.

— Walter Dean Myers

When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the…

— Walter Dean Myers

The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in…

— Walter Dean Myers

he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.

— Walter Dean Myers

Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their…

— Walter Dean Myers

“pain is the only real emotion. Everything else can be taken away. Love,happiness,joy can always be taken away. Even old sadness can be dissipated…

— Walter Dean Myers

“People who want to hate you can find something in you they don't like. They have a talent for doing that.”

— Walter Dean Myers

One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards,…

— Walter Dean Myers

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both…

— Walter Dean Myers

We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.

— Walter Dean Myers

We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country…

— Walter Dean Myers

“Sometimes everybody touches in the dark. You touch to see what you can stand to touch, what you can to feel with your fingers…

— Walter Dean Myers