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Maurice Sendak

"You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them."

Maurice Sendak, American Artist
Books, Children, Interest
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"You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them."

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"I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist
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Amber Hurdle

"I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author
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"Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author
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Amber Hurdle

"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist
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"Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid."

Dean Koontz, American Author
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Amber Hurdle

"I agreed on condition that we found a completely new concept that had nothing to do with the latest books."

Bernard Pivot, French Journalist
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"Without story books is like a person with no soul."

Stephen King, American Author
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Amber Hurdle

"My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist
Books, Travel, Joy, Reading
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Amber Hurdle

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist
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Amber Hurdle

"A bad book with a good cover is nothing but a wooden house with a golden door."

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher
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