When you write for very young children what they want is…

“All that had been trivial, that had been comforting and familiar and safe, now seemed to be strapped with explosives.”

— Louise Penny

“Enfolding me was a familiar, safe something that was neither friendly, nor unfriendly---only comfortable.”

— Stephanie Skeem

“It is also for stepping into the unknown," Claudia said, "when it would be easier to cling what it familiar and safe.”

— Mary Balogh

I had tried to write about young women in London who had jobs and boyfriends, and it was so tedious.

— Emma Healey

I always had a passion to write as a young girl.

— Tyra Banks

I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to write a…

— Markus Zusak

Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself…

— Ann Brashares

I would suppose I learned how to write when I was very young indeed. When I read a child's book about the Trojan War…

— James A. Michener

The older I get, the more fun it is to write young people. It's just a holiday from what is becoming old age, really.

— Andrew Davies

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution -…

— Paulo Coelho

Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write…

— Ama Ata Aidoo

But what I really long to know you do not tell either: what you feel, although I've given you hints by the score of…

— Gail Carson Levine

I can't seem to write young enough anymore.

— Cynthia Weil

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they…

— Ntozake Shange

I don't think I ever intended specifically to write for the young adult market. It's just that when the idea for City of Bones…

— Cassandra Clare