Ursula K. Le Guin Quote

Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am a writer, not a caterer. There are plenty of caterers. But what children most want and need is what we and they don't know they want and don't think they need, and only writers can offer it to them.


"A Message About Messages" in CBC Magazine

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Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am...

Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am...

Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am...

Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am...