Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults,… — Mabel Robinson Copy Share Image
Best action is no reaction, enough becomes enough and you let it go because your an adult. You're not the person they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
I like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and… — Keri Russell Copy Share Image
I love grey. My mom told me that when I was younger, I would get mildly depressed when it was grey all… — Banks Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a part of that experience of writing to an audience that is just starting to fall in… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
You can be 24 and continue to live like you're at college, or even continue to live like you're in high school.… — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
LOL is rarely OL, or even really L. A real out-loud laugh - not the forced social variety, which is closer to… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Strong families serve society by bringing forth healthy children and maturing young adults, by being a rich source of a compassion for… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
I don't know... it's just too much fun to wonder about what life would be without gravity. I just started thinking about… — Dave Pirner Copy Share Image
When your trying to be an adult in a relationship you seriously don't need to lie or front and try to put… — Gabrielle Dennis Copy Share Image
People are always like, 'Oh, 'Jurassic Park' is on...' or 'Oh, 'The River Wild' is on...' I actually haven't seen any of… — Joseph Mazzello Copy Share Image
Adult fantasy gets a bad name. You think of Xena - Warrior Princess. If you don't do it expensively, it becomes tacky… — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
I was hanging out with no one under 21. I thought that if I really wanted to fit in I had to...… — Jack Osbourne Copy Share Image
When I was young and growing up in New York, my parents took me to children's theater quite often - elaborate presentations… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
We have been deformed by educational and religious institutions that treat us as members of an audience instead of actors in a… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
An unmarried adult who cannot navigate the welfare system has no choice but to work, but a married working parent is constantly… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
I think it's important to have an adult with you at that stage of your career, when you go from the academy… — Nicklas Bendtner Copy Share Image
My dad has sometimes felt that I grew up a little lacking in sufficient eccentricity - in the sense that I'm willing… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend.… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
I don't think naturally I tend toward anything that's really distinctly branded as adult. I feel like I sort of write for… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf - it's really quite… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
Kerri and I met at theatre camp when were 16 years old, which is pretty lame. The rest of us met when… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Maybe we adults idealize our own red-rover days, the hot afternoons spent playing games that required no coaches, eating foods that involved… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something about full moons: kids don't care about full moons. They'll play in a full moon, no worries… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You like to think with young adults that with your books, a little part of it has reached them and will stay… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion… — George Herman Copy Share Image
“How charming. The king and his little princess knocking on my covens door.” Ursula sighed dramatically. “What do you insolent merfolks want… — Khalia Hades Copy Share Image
Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are… — Peter R. Grant Copy Share Image
I grew up in Bristol, R.I. I had grandparents and great-grandparents nearby, and because I was the only grandchild until I was… — Nancy Dubuc Copy Share Image
Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison,… — John Green Copy Share Image
I find writing for children much easier. I don't mean it's less demanding - you've got to have a talent for it… — Lynne Reid Banks Copy Share Image
So, I'm 34. I'm kind of becoming an adult - kind of, I guess. But I know that I am because, the… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer… — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why I write for the younger set. My… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
