“It was important to me that the book didn't comment on being a teenager, but felt instead like a story told by a teenager.” ImportantBookStoriesFeltTeenagerCommentBeing A Teenager Author:David Crabb
“As a teenager I wrote to R.A. Lafferty. And he responded, too, with letters that were like R.A. Lafferty short stories, filled with elliptical answers to straight questions and simple answers to complicated ones.” StoriesSimpleAnswersLettersFilledComplicatedTeenagerShort Story Author:Neil Gaiman
“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
“X-Men is not a story about superheroes, but a story about the ongoing revolutionary struggle between good/new and bad/old. The X-Men are every rebel teenager wanting to change the world and make it better. Humanity is every adult, clinging to the past, trying to destroy the future even as he places all his hopes there.” MenWorldTryingStoriesPastHumanityStruggleAdultsTeenagerRevolutionaryChanging The WorldRebelSuperheroOngoingClingingX Men Author:Grant Morrison
“When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age.” ThinkingFirstsCharacterStoriesAgeTeenager Author:Julie Kagawa