I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my novel 'Black Water,' I provide a voice for someone who has died and can't speak for herself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've seen a range of children's personalities, so it's easier to write about them without patronising them, I think.
I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.
I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need.
I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that; otherwise, you end up preaching down. You need to listen not so much to the audience but to the story itself.
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.
I always love writing about children.
It is extremely important to me to write for children.
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.
I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.