I've heard people ask, What's so sacred about a classic books that you can't change it for the modern child? Nothing is sacred about a classic. What ….

If everything is made so obvious that it asks nothing of the readers, then after a while, their ability to respond is atrophied. And they grow up as ….

A love of reading encompasses the whole of life: information, knowledge, insight and understanding, pleasure; the power to think, to select, to act, ….

We're caught in the pace of modern living - this emphasis on the "quick take," on the magazine that says it will take you eight minutes to read an ar….

I feel that anybody who addresses himself to children has a responsibility, and that responsibility is to make available to children the very best th….

There is no reason why good books should be lowered or lessened being rewritten to meet the demands of people who are not ready or interested enough ….

The library profession is ... a profession that is informed, illuminated, radiated by a fierce and beautiful love of books. A love so overwhelming th….

I think the number of books published by Mr. Disney has nothing to do with whether or not he is bringing literature to children. That judgment has go….

Walt Disney has never addressed himself to children once in his life - never. The material of his cartoons is made to reach an adult audience. This i….