Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.
R.L. Stine
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JANE SMILEY I feel like every other book has been a small piece of me. This is every piece of me.
MARKUS ZUSAK I never thought of this becoming a book. I never dreamed. I was always just writing them for fun.
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L.M. MONTGOMERY The future is manifest in our childrens' imagination and perfected in the games they play.-
Chris L....
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DAVE EGGERS Luster, bring me home.
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NEIL GAIMAN Do not lose hope - what you seek will be found.
NEIL GAIMAN When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.
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JON MORRISON Fun is what reading a book should be. I had fun writing it. I wanted a reader to be gripped but it s...
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