I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.
This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.
By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and trying to ignore it for a long time.
I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.
Mary: Adults are, like, this mess of sadness and phobias.
Nemo Nobody adult: Are we unwitting participants in a war between 2 modes of reproduction?
President Obama thinks he can use emotion to bring pressure on Congress. But that's not how adults with power respond to things.
Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.
In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.
I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!
Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.
I still feel like a kid sometimes myself so hard to believe that I'm a mom. Now I'm an adult! It only took 38 years!
How long before we have, not just homosexual marriage, but homosexual unions between adult men and small boys?
As a kid, I liked the 'Halloween' movies and 'Nightmare On Elm Street' and all that kind of stuff. But as an adult, I really don't watch much horror, to be honest.
I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed in the 'New Yorker.' Clearly, I am seriously out of step with the times.
When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.'
To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.
The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.
