"Sure, it's simple, writing for kids . . . . Just as simple as bringing them up." -Ursula K. LeGuin

"All I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world." - E. B. White

"The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop." -Mark Twain

"Man is a being of self-made soul."
-Ayn Rand

Philip Pullman says that each person has a story, and that story begins the same way for all: “You find yourself in the wrong family by mistake. We’re all princes and princesses in exile. Then we begin to discover the world around us.”

“Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true!” -Dave Barry

"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -Anais Nin

“Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance." -Dan Greenburg

"There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost."
- Martha Graham

"I would rather have the
two-hundred and fifty-six
imperfect books that mark the vectors of my journey through my art form than to have one perfect book that marks nothing
but its own perfect self." -Barry Moser

“You have to write whichever book it is that wants to be written. And then, if it’s going to be too difficult for grownups, you write it for children.”
—Madeleine L’Engle