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I mean, I don't write for kids.

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.

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children.

Now 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.

It's a wonderful thing 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 never wrote for children. I wrote with respect for the audience, which I've maintained all my life. Doesn't mean I couldn't be risque, but I did it smartly, without being vulgar.

A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't as smart as they are, or that you have to dumb down what you would normally write for kids. But I think you have to work harder when you write for kids, to make sure every word is right, that it's there for the right reason.