“I think that it can be assumed that no adults are ever really 'shocked' - that being shocked is always a pose.” — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I remember as a kid liking long, funny words. And often being into things like that can be perceived as square. But… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Although we human adults are really good at understanding other minds, we weren't always that way. It takes children a long time… — Rebecca Saxe Copy Share Image
I don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“It was just too easy to say that adults did not like stories that were simple, and perhaps that was wrong. Perhaps… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The rules your parents teach you to live by are very different than the rules the world actually runs by. Most of… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image