Writing Children's Books Quotes

• You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Life, Beautiful, Children

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  If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

  Roald Dahl

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

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  And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Le Petit Prince ch. 21 (1943)

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Inspirational, Sweet Love, Book

  Le Petit Prince ch. 21 (1943)

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  I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Inspirational, Confidence, Wisdom

  J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1082, e-artnow

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• A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Children, Powerful

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• I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

  Astrid Lindgren

  Children, Writing, Miracle

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• The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  James M. Barrie (2013). “The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)”, p.85, Jazzybee Verlag

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• In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

  Julie Andrews

  Teacher, Jobs, Fun

  Song: A Spoonful of Sugar

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• Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Life, Fun

  The Lorax (1971)

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• A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

  Roald Dahl

  Beauty, Uplifting, Teacher

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

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• You have to write the book that wants to be written.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Children, Book, Writing

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2017

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• A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly.

  Roald Dahl

  Book, Positive Attitude, Ugly

  Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.150, Penguin

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• A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

  Richard Bach

  Perseverance, Writing, Editing

  Richard Bach (2012). “A Gift of Wings”, p.9, Dell

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• The more he gave away, the more delighted he became.

  Marcus Pfister

  Inspiring, Book, Delighted

  Marcus Pfister (1992). “The Rainbow Fish”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

  Judith Viorst

  Mom, Mother, Bad Day

  "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". Book by Judith Viorst, June 16, 1972.

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• A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

  Thomas Mann

  Writing, People, Difficult

  "Essays of Three Decades". Book by Thomas Mann, 1942.

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• Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.

  Margery Williams

  Real, Eye, Hair

  Margery Williams Bianco (2016). “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or, How Toys Become Real”, p.5, Lulu.com

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• It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

  Will Shetterly

  Book, Writing, Firsts

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• I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me.

  Oliver Jeffers

  Children, Book, Writing

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• The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn the page . . . Then in the middle of each chapter there's a dramatic point of excitement, and at chapter's end, a cliffhanger.

  Jerry West

  Children, Book, Writing

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• My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures I drew in my notebook. She said I should try writing children's books, and so I did.

  Dav Pilkey

  Notebook, Children, Silly

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

  Helen Dunmore

  Strong, Children, Book

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• If you are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer.

  J. K. Rowling

  Children, Book, Writing

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