Quotes of: Young-adult Keyword

More silence; children's silence, so desperately desired by adults yet eerie when it finally occurs.

White Teeth

I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

Justine Larbalestier

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

Kate DiCamillo

Just as the best way to judge an adult is by his or her record collection, the best way to judge a pub is by the albums on its jukebox.

Ned Beauman

Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart kids' creativity.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.

Piaget

I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.

Ralph Bakshi

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Robert Fripp

As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults.

Richard K. Morgan

For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.

Sara Shepard

I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.

Kieran Culkin

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

Kate DiCamillo

Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat her as a person, with a child's sensibilities.

Kent McCord

Some adults would rather pretend that bad things don't exist than to talk about them.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan!

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

I'm not that girl from Freaky Friday any more! I'm a real adult. In fact, I hate children! I hate them all!

Lindsay Lohan

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

Matthew Tobin Anderson

It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

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.

Marcus du Sautoy

People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison or rehab. Sometimes they're disappointed I'm not cooler.

Mara Wilson

I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.

Martha Wainwright