I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works. Beverly Cleary More Quotes by Beverly Cleary More Quotes From Beverly Cleary I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives. Beverly Cleary hopehappychildren My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. Beverly Cleary readingwritingbook If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it. Beverly Cleary wantwritingbook Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. Beverly Cleary givingbookyears Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school. Beverly Cleary readingteacherchildren One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. Beverly Cleary sundayreadingbook Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea. Beverly Cleary ableworldideas I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it. Beverly Cleary writinggivingchildren She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next. Beverly Cleary girlwaitinginteresting As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children. Beverly Cleary children-bookbookchildren 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 imaginationstoriesbook Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language. Beverly Cleary motorcycleboystwo If we finished our work, the teacher would say, 'Now don't read ahead.' But sometimes I hid the book I was reading behind my geography book and did read ahead. You can hide a lot behind a geography book. Beverly Cleary readingteacherbook Don't stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don't forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read. Beverly Cleary helpingteacherbook 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. Beverly Cleary readingpatienceteacher The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible. Beverly Cleary keyssuccessfulwriting I grew up before there were strict leash laws. Beverly Cleary strictgrew-uplaw In seventh grade...I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted. Beverly Cleary librarywould-bebook She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it. Beverly Cleary talentrealmean If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell. Beverly Cleary librarianknow-howshould
