Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. They accept, almost without question, anything you present them with, as long as it is presented honestly, fearlessly, and clearly.

You can write about anything for children as long as you've got humour.

children’s writing is so often so beautiful, because it’s so close to their own true tongues. On the other hand, it’s very boring because they have no experience in life.

Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.... Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words and they backhand them across the net.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

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

Writing is easy. It's just the typing that's hard.

It's easy to make games for kids, they're dumb little shits.

A composition should be simple and clear. That is why the drawings of children and primitives are so strong.

Simple minds respond to simple answers.

Use simple words, words that _create pictures_ and _action_ and that _generate feeling._

You write with ease to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading.

[W]hat possible objections can we have to anyone, anywhere, writing a book for children? After all, it's not terribly difficult. I'll rephrase that: it's difficult to write a brilliant one, but anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them. Anyone who comes anywhere near children ought to be able to write at least one more. And in an ideal world, shouldn't every parent, teacher, grandparent, child-carer have a go?