Quotes by : Walter Dean Myers

You are not in Disneyland,” he said. “The little people you see running around over here are not....

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

Reading is not optional.

I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring....

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

Fools commit suicide and think they're doing themselves a favor.

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

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

I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed....

I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see....