A Quote by Maurice Sendak

I don't write for children. I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children.'

Maurice Sendak

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Children Says Somebody Write

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Maurice Sendak
American - Artist
June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

Maurice Sendak

If you write for children with respect and treat them with dignity - you'll capture the adults as well. Children deserve nothing but our very best. Nothing but excellence will do for the young, because the responsibility is greater. We write up for children, never down.

Sally Lloyd-Jones

I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just thought children might like my sort of visual humour.

Quentin Blake

You can't write a children's book that takes more than five or six minutes to read, because it will drive the parents batty. It has to be compact. Nobody thinks about the parents when they write these stupid books. I could write longer children's books, but it would actually be bad if I did.

Michael Ian Black

[My mom] had always wanted to write a children's book. She was a children's librarian and an elementary school teacher, so of course she loves children and children's literature.

Jenna Bush

I'd love to develop and star in my own children's show, write children's books, do children's albums, movies, DVDs, etc.

Dolly Parton

I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.

Sonya Hartnett

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school.

Jonathan Kozol

If somebody says that they want to write a book but do not know what to write about, they will never write a book.

Ravi Subramanian

My process is surprisingly straightforward. I find myself with little to do over a stretch of time and I say, "I should write children's books today." Then I sit down and write a children's book, and if it takes more than, realistically, three hours, I feel like I've done something wrong.

Michael Ian Black

I have a hard time with people who say they write for children but they don't really like children. I love children. I love talking with them.

Jason Reynolds

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.

Arthur Ransome

I do write a lot of children's songs, and I'm going to do a children's television show, which also means I'll be doing a lot of albums. So I do hope my future will hold a lot of things for children.

Dolly Parton

When you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you.