Dare to be creative! Quotes

“But I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children’s books ask questions, and make the reader ask questions. And every new question is going to disturb someone’s universe.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Dare to be creative!: A lecture presented at the Library of Congress, November 16, 1983

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many people realize, and they have an openness and an ability to grapple with difficult concepts which many adults have lost. Writers of children’s literature are set apart by their willingness to confront difficult questions.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Dare to be creative!: A lecture presented at the Library of Congress, November 16, 1983