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 …

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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…

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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 …

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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…

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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 …

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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…

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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…

- Frances Clarke Sayers

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

- Frances Clarke Sayers