“An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookVoiceComedyAdultsIntelligentLike MeEditorsHappy EndingsQuirky Author:Elinor Lipman
“A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.” PeopleThinkingNeedsGivingGiving UpAdultsCarefulBe Careful Author:Richard Louv
“I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults.” ThinkingFeelsWritingWellsChildrenStoriesAgeYoungGroupsAdultsYoung AdultSmall Child Author:Margaret Mahy
“As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.” ThinkingI CanKidsTurnsAdultsTemperFierceUnforgiving Author:Will Oldham
“You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no.” IfsThinkingFilmParentWalksEffectsWindHugeAdultsEightDinnerBrilliantKurosawa Author:Ann Patchett
“Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.” ThinkingCarHavensAdultsDivorceLockedPaymentTime To ThinkCar Payments Author:Gary Paulsen
“I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.” ThinkingChildrenImportantVoiceCommunityMembersAdultsLgbtFamily And FriendsFamily Members Author:Lana Parrilla
“This is what happens when you are on the wrong side of 40. Young adults, who could be your children, are now working with you. I was playing their parents or mentor. I started to think: Oh, I am not part of that group any more.” ThinkingChildrenHappensYoungParentSidesGroupsAdultsOur ChildrenYoung AdultYour ChildrenMentor Author:Geoffrey Rush
“Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.” ThinkingNeedsWritingEndsKidsAdultsPreaching Author:Jerry Spinelli
“Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes I think we just fill our lives with stuff so we don't really make any choice at all, which is certainly incredibly luxurious.” ThinkingDifferentSometimesYoungChoicesStuffPathOur LivesLateAdultsYoung AdultLuxuriousDifferent Paths Author:Rachael Taylor
“As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.” ThinkingWorldChildrenPastWorryConceptsAdultsOur TimeEngagingSubmergedWorrying About The Past Author:Chris Ware
“Physicians who care for adults generally don't think about vaccines as much as pediatricians do, and adults think of vaccines as a kid thing.” ThinkingCareKidsAdultsPhysiciansWho CaresVaccinesPediatrician Author:Paul A. Offit
“Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsStillsBookKidsAgeRealizingChangedAdultsAffectedMailPivotal Author:Lois Lowry
“I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.” ThinkingLongHas BeensProblemInspireBecomingAdultsSticksActressesCrossingsGuidelinesCrossing OverBecoming An Adult Author:Elisabeth Moss
“For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLongKidsAgeFightingFeltParentProveLong TimeAdultsTreatedPeersCockySavvy Author:Ezra Miller
“I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.” ThinkingLooksChildrenReasonWantedActorsFatherFeltFiguresProveAdultsLook UpAmbitiousAppreciatedFather Figure Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.” ThinkingFeelsProblemKidsAmericaIssuesAdultsValuablePriorities Author:Alonzo Mourning
“I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams.” ThinkingBookFunAdults Author:Erin Morgenstern