Quotes By Beverly Cleary

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

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.