“I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.” YearsBookYoungWrittenHavensSixAdultsYoung AdultGoosebumps Author:R. L. Stine
“We underestimate teenagers at our peril. Even the dismissive thing out on the street--look at what they're wearing. Then we'll hear stories about how a toddler fell on the tracks, and it's often a teenager who comes to the rescue and walks away because he or she doesn't want any credit. I recognize it because I've written books for teenagers--it's basically that they feel things more than adults do. They want things more than you think. They want things with greater depth than you think they do. Teenagers have got a lot of soul that adults have forgotten they have within themselves.” ThinkingWantFeelsLooksBookSoulStoriesWalksGreaterWrittenStreetsAdultsDepthForgottenTrackCreditTeenagerRescueUnderestimatePerilToddler Author:Markus Zusak
“I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.” WritingMindFirstsChildrenHas BeensBookAgeWantedLastsYoungCertainCoursesNovelWrittenSpecialAdultsSticksSeriesYoung AdultGenreDividedFavouriteSpecial To Me Author:Michael Scott
“I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were having a devil of a time selling it. It ended up in the hands of an editor of a children's publishing house, for which it was entirely inappropriate. She said, "Well, we can't publish this, but I think you should write something for children," which I thought was a really terrible idea.” ThinkingShouldWritingFirstsWellsChildrenSaidIdeasHandsSchoolHouseNovelWrittenTerribleHigh SchoolDevilAdultsEightSellingEditorsPublishingPublishInappropriatePublishing House Author:Daniel Handler
“I do believe young people should be obligated to try different types of music - that is what education is. But once you're in a situation as an adult, it doesn't benefit anybody - at least in my experience - to force music on people that they don't like or do not have an interest in - whether it's three-hundred years old or newly written.” PeopleShouldTryingYearsBelieveDifferentYoungThreeForceInterestSituationWrittenTypeBenefitsHundredAdultsDifferent Types Of Music Author:Michael Hersch
“I labored for eight years thinking that I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book.” ThinkingWritingYearsLooksChildrenBookWrittenChildhoodAdultsEightPublishersWriting A BookNostalgicChildren's Books Author:Jeff Kinney
“Money is an unavoidable consequence, but it isn't the reason I write; if it was, I wouldn't have written any of the YA books, because advances in that field are small compared to what I'd got now for an 'adult' DW.” IfsWritingBookReasonWrittenFieldsAdultsConsequence Author:Terry Pratchett
“Prayer is not adult letters written to Santa Claus, and God is not some parent-like figure up in the sky who's going to take care of us.” CareParentPrayerWrittenSkyFiguresAdultsLettersTake CareSantaSanta Claus Author:John Shelby Spong
“That was my big break [Lonesome Dove]. My first real kind of adult role on something really well-written. It was a spin-off of the miniseries, and I played Col. Mosby, a very dangerous, Southern colonel in post-Civil War, wandering the West.” FirstsWellsKindWarRealBigsRolesBreakWrittenDangerousAdultsWestWanderPostsCivil WarSouthernDoveWell WrittenLonesomeColonelsLonesome Dove Author:Eric McCormack
“When you envy actors, only envy them for their good roles. Keep in mind they have to do a lot of roles to make a living, and not all of them are good. When they're doing a stupid role in a bad production, it's kind of a dumb thing to do when you're an adult. When you're doing a great role that's well-written, it's an enviable job.” MindWellsKindJobsActorsRolesWrittenStupidAdultsProductionsEnvyDumbThings To DoWell WrittenDumb Things Author:Bob Odenkirk
“There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.” StillsStatesStoriesWrittenAdultsGreenFairyFairy Stories Author:Andre Breton