Author: Beverly Cleary

Quotes

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.

- Beverly Cleary

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.

- Beverly Cleary

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 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.

- Beverly Cleary

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

- Beverly Cleary

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

- Beverly Cleary

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.

- Beverly Cleary

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

- Beverly Cleary

I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life.

I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life.

- Beverly Cleary

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