“Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.” IfsWayYearsBelieveKindChildrenLittlesPlayCertainTalkingAudienceAdultsDon't BelieveReachingTalking Down Author:Walt Disney
“I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for so long, and I know that audience well. The process is no different whether I'm writing for children or adults. Really, the elements of making a good story are the same.” ThinkingKnowsWritingWellsChildrenLongDifferentStoriesKidsProcessEnjoyAudienceTeacherElementsAdultsGood Story Author:Rick Riordan
“I think my primary audience is in some sense an adult audience, because I think that will then have a knock-on effect for children.” ThinkingChildrenAudienceEffectsAdultsPrimaries Author:Marcus du Sautoy
“For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.” WritingTwoDifferentUseBrainHalfAudienceAdults Author:Sara Shepard
“I've never tried to reach a certain demographic of an audience or try to say: OK, now I'm going to do this type of film to transition myself into more adult roles. Or a romantic hero. Or whatever it may be.” TryingMayFilmCertainRolesAudienceTypeHeroAdultsTransitionDemographics Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.” IfsKnowsKidsAudienceAdultsStandingBrilliantClapping Author:James McAvoy
“Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go off on a tangent or if you give them extraneous information that doesn't serve the story. You really have to tell a tight story. You have to give them humor and suspense and believable characters. All those things that adults want too, but you have to be really on your game when you're writing for kids.” IfsWantGivingWritingCharacterStoriesKidsGamesAudienceInformationAdultsHarderSuspenseBelievableDiscerning Author:Rick Riordan
“When I wrote 'Marley & Me,' I had a clear audience in mind. And it did not include children. I wrote my book for adults and assumed only adults, and possibly teenagers, would be drawn to it.” MindChildrenBookWould BeAudienceClearAdultsTeenagerMarley Author:John Grogan
“I think the audience is truly all ages: I don't put anything in there that kids can't see, or shouldn't see, but I have to keep it interesting for me as an adult” ThinkingKidsAgeInterestingAudienceAdults Author:Jeff Smith
“I do think there's a smaller audience that's looking for something that's a little more adult and a little more nuanced [than many Hollywood movies]. At the same time, I think everyone who's making movies hopes to appeal to the widest audience possible.” ThinkingLittlesAudienceAdultsHollywoodAppealsHollywood Movies Author:Joe Swanberg