I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At around nine or 10 years of age, young people start to decide for themselves what's moral or not, and that's why I like writing for that age group so much.
Nothing I write ever has a moral. If it seems to a reader that there is one, that is unintentional.
When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was a black and white viewpoint on my world. As I've gotten older, I see the grey areas appear.
Kids can sniff out a moral. They can feel the heavy hand of an adult.
I never try to sit down with a moral because kids smell that and run.
History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.
As a parent with young children, I would always find little things that bothered me when I was reading bedtime stories or watching shows or listening to children's music. I couldn't find any stories, games or television shows that were fun and exciting while also being morally instructive and patriotic.
I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
There is a moral dimension, for me, in anything that's any good.