Top 56 Quotes by Malorie Blackman

About Malorie Blackman

These are some quotes by British author Malorie Blackman Writer, who was born on February 8, 1962.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.

Malorie Blackman

Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.

Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.

Malorie Blackman

In a television interview, I said that diversity in our children's books should include the adventures of disabled children, travellers and gipsies, LGBT teens, different cultures, classes, colours, religions. It shouldn't be a token gesture, nor do such stories need to be 'issue-based'.

Malorie Blackman

I don't believe in regrets. There are a few things I'd do differently, but I can't go back in time and redo them, however much I might wish to. All I can do is learn from past mistakes and move forward.

Malorie Blackman

I suppose I've always lived in my own head. I didn't discover boys till sixth form. Then suddenly it was, 'Oh! Boys!'

I suppose I've always lived in my own head. I didn't discover boys till sixth form. Then suddenly it was, 'Oh! Boys!'

Malorie Blackman

Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a black child's on the cover, it is perhaps not for them.

Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a black child's on the cover, it is perhaps not for them.

Malorie Blackman

I personally, as a teenager, didn't like books I felt were trying to preach to me... I did not believe in happy endings. I wanted to read books which reflected life as I thought I knew it.

I personally, as a teenager, didn't like books I felt were trying to preach to me... I did not believe in happy endings. I wanted to read books which reflected life as I thought I knew it.

Malorie Blackman

A good book is a good book. End of story.

A good book is a good book. End of story.

Malorie Blackman

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.

I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.

Malorie Blackman

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

Malorie Blackman

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