Dulquer Salmaan Quotes

I wanted to make sure that 'Up' wasn't a 3D movie about a man who sails his house to South America. It's a movie about an old man who sails his house to South America that also happens to be in 3D. So the first thing is always the story.

I have a lot of respect and love for children's books.

Every kid has a story to tell!

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'

I had two little daughters - I think they were 7 and 4 at the time - and I said, 'I'll write you a story. What do you want it to be about?' One of them said 'a princess' and the other one said 'a bride.' I said, 'That'll be the title.'

I always love writing about children.

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.

You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it.

To work with children anywhere is just plain fun.

Kids need stuff which is different than what their life is that they can kind of live through.

I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story.

The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing!

I have daughters. They love Disney princesses.

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

As a child I loved fantasy books, I loved Harry Potter and the idea that there is something 'out there' is inspiring to kids and inspiring to me. It's exciting and I think people can relate to it. Even if things are difficult or bad for you, the idea that there is something special within you is positive and true.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

My mother was working on her college degree throughout my childhood, and being the youngest in the family, that meant being dragged to a lot of her classes. She majored in playwriting, so I was exposed to theatre from a very young age, and it was just the most magical world to me. I never really wanted to do anything else.

I didn't think I had anything particular to say, but I thought I might have something to say to children.

I love kids; I think they are fun and funny.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

I like to write books that I would have liked as a child, that would have got me thinking and imagining beyond the words on the page. In a way, my audience is always how I remember myself as a child.

The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.