Adults Quote by Alice Mattison

Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use…

— Sinclair Lewis

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works…

— Margaret Mahy

I believe that if a child has a feel for writing and wants to write, there is an audience. Children should just dive in…

— Jean Craighead George

It's very useful to be able to look inside the mind of a seven-year-old when you're writing for youngsters that age.

— Tom Fletcher

I have to write the story I want to write. I never wrote them with a focus group of 8-year-olds in mind. I have…

— J. K. Rowling

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when…

— Diana Wynne Jones

I don't think about age groups when I write, although I think if I know I'm writing for Children I'll be a bit more…

— Neil Gaiman

They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing…

— Lillian Hellman

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

— Lillian Hellman

The most common thing I find is very brilliant, acute, young people who want to become writers but they are not writing. You know,…

— Teju Cole

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play;…

— Monica Ali

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren…

— Margaret Mahy