--- title: "8 Write Adult Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Write Adult quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Write Adult sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jodi-picoult-45_adult_i-write-adult-fiction-but-a-good-40-to-5_213441.jpg" --- > [I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-write-adult-fiction-but-a-good-40-to-50-per-cent-of-my-readers-are/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jodi-picoult-45_adult_i-write-adult-fiction-but-a-good-40-to-5_213441.jpg) > [I think that books for young people should have serious and important themes, they shouldn't be trivial. So the books I write,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/i-think-that-books-for-young-people-should-have-serious-and-important/) [John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/john-boyne-2944_adults_i-think-that-books-for-young-people-shou_263110.jpg) > [I move between the two: I write an adult novel, and then I write a children's book. I quite enjoy that. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/i-move-between-the-two-i-write-an-adult-novel-and-then-i-write-a/) [John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/john-boyne-2944_adult_i-move-between-the-two-i-write-an-adult_495024.jpg) > [Over and over again women and men ... come to me saying, I don't know enough to write a book for adults,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mabel-robinson/over-and-over-again-women-and-men-come-to-me-saying-i-don-t-know/) [Mabel Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mabel-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/mabel-robinson-79662_adults_over-and-over-again-women-and-men-come-t_960644.jpg) > [I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mellencamp/i-don-t-have-to-worry-about-any-pop-sensibility-i-can-write-adult/) [John Mellencamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mellencamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/john-mellencamp-5745_adults_i-don-t-have-to-worry-about-any-pop-sens_1434447.jpg) > [“In the novels he was to write as an adult, transformation (along with liberation and celebration) was a major theme.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/in-the-novels-he-was-to-write-as-an-adult-transformation-along-with/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/tom-robbins-169_books_in-the-novels-he-was-to-write-as-an-adul_1537872.jpg) > [I don't change the language for children books. I don't make the language simpler. I use words that they might have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyne/i-don-t-change-the-language-for-children-books-i-don-t-make-the/) [John Boyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/john-boyne-2944_adults_i-don-t-change-the-language-for-children_2655201.jpg) > [It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-stine/it-s-hard-for-children-s-authors-to-be-accepted-when-they-try-to/) [R. L. Stine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-stine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/r-l-stine-12476_accepted_it-s-hard-for-children-s-authors-to-be-a_3003104.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/write-adult/#itemlist", "name": "Write Adult Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. 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