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Beverly Cleary Quotes

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

"Beverly Cleary at 95: A Talk With the Author Who Created Ramona Quimby". Interview with Rachel Brown, www.theatlantic.com. July 6, 2011.

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (1981). “Ramona Quimby, Age 8”, p.132

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

"A few words with Beverly Cleary on her 95th birthday". Interview with Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com. April 12, 2011.

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 (2014). “Ramona 3-Book Collection: Ramona the Pest, Beezus and Ramona, Ramona the Brave”, p.6, Harper Collins

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

"Beverly Cleary at 95: A Talk With the Author Who Created Ramona Quimby". Interview with Rachel Brown, www.theatlantic.com. July 6, 2011.

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.

"Beverly Cleary at 95: A Talk With the Author Who Created Ramona Quimby". Interview with Rachel Brown, www.theatlantic.com. July 6, 2011.