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“Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.”

Thinking Car Havens Adults Divorce Locked Payment Time To Think Car Payments

Author:Gary Paulsen

“I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.”

Years Book Young Written Havens Six Adults Young Adult Goosebumps

Author:R. L. Stine

“How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.”

Long Film Behinds Known Happened Havens Projects Adults Wounds Intimacy Teenager True Friend Healed True Friendship Alex About Friendship

Author:Nate Parker

“The children are our future. And that is why, ultimately, we're screwed unless we do something about it. If you haven't noticed, the children who are our future are good-looking, but they aren't all that bright. As dense as they might be, they will eventually notice that adults have spent all the money, spread disease, and turned the planet into a smoky, filthy ball of death. We're raising an entire generation of dumb, pissed-off kids who know where the handguns are kept. This is not a good recipe for a happy future.”

Ifs Knows Children Might Kids Generations Havens Planets Future Disease Adults Balls Spread Dumb Our Future Recipes Looking Good Dense Filthy Pissed Off Handguns

Author:Scott Adams

“I think people discredit teenagers and how wise they can be. Sometimes I meet teenagers who are much wiser than many adults I've met, because they haven't let any insecurities or doubts about themselves get in the way of their thoughts.”

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Author:Amandla Stenberg

“The best gardener is a baby killer. Baby insects are much easier to kill than adults, and haven't yet developed the big mouths and voracious appetite of the adolescent.”

Bigs Havens Baby Easier Mouths Adults Appetite Killers Insects Gardener

Author:Janet Macunovich

“If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a book for children. Children still haven't closed themselves off with fear of the unknown, fear of revolution, or the scramble for security. They are still familiar with the inborn vocabulary of myth”

Ifs Want Writing Children Stills Book Difficult Security Havens Revolution Adults Myth Familiar Vocabulary Children Book Fear Of The Unknown

Book:The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention

Source: The Crosswicks Journals: A Circle of Quiet, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, The Irrational Season, and Two-Part Invention

“I haven't taught creative writing all that much (my CW teaching consists of a few summer workshops for elementary school children and an eight-week class for older adults), and I don't really know what my teaching style is yet.”

Knows Writing Children School Class Creative Week Teaching Style Havens Taught Summer Adults Eight Creative Writing Workshops Elementary School Older Adults

Author:Mary J. Miller

“Instilling values of faith at an early age is important. Listening them through adolescence comes more important than teaching because if you haven't instilled in them at early ages now it's time to listen and get your report card and let them find their way and then as an adult let them stand aside.”

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Author:T. D. Jakes

“If I am acting out in any particular way that is harmful to myself - without a shadow of doubt, there is a feeling suppressed under wanting that second candy bar. Often, it is that little voice I haven't paid attention to. It's generally not the adult voice. If I take a moment to address that and figure out what that is, the desire for the candy bar seems to dissipate.”

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Author:Danny Boyle

“Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.”

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Author:Viggo Mortensen

“Often you hear stories about never working with children. I disagree because children still have that residual magical thinking. They haven't had their imagination knocked out of them by turning into adults and life experiences.”

Thinking Children Stills Stories Imagination Havens Adults Disagree Life Experience Residual Magical Thinking Working With Children

Author:Nicolas Cage

“Do not worry too much about your lawn. You will soon find if you haven't already that almost every adult American devotes tremendous time and money to the maintenance of an invasive plant species called turf grass that we can't eat. I encourage you to choose better obsessions.”

Ifs Inspirational Worry Too Much Havens Adults Plant Species Obsession Grass Graduation Maintenance Lawns Time And Money Turf

Author:John Green