I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.