Quotes by : Walter Dean Myers

One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins....

Yeah, it’s hard, babyIt’s hard right down to the boneI said Oh, it’s hard babyIt’s hard right....

All the authors I studied, all the historical figures, with the exception of George Washington Carver,....

I joined the army on my seventeenth birthday, full of the romance of war after having read a lot of World....

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in....

There were two very distinct voices going on in my head and I moved easily between them. One had to do....

Go. Think. Turn black into white.Night into day. I am tired of thinking.I know where it will lead me....

...when we feel powerless, we stop trying to find a better way.

I mean, if you think about doing things to people like that, if you think about it too much, it gets....