Adults Quote by Carl Hiaasen

When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they were younger…

— Jesse Sheidlower

“Children's literature is considerably more functional than a good portion of adult literature. If I were cynical, I might say: Children's books are written…

— Lloyd Alexander

“I hope, that in the days, and weeks, and years to come, the question of where the dividing lines between adult and children’s fiction…

— Neil Gaiman

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so.…

— David Walliams

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

— Lois Lowry

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

— Jesse Andrews

I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them. The idea…

— Soman Chainani

I didn't write these books specifically for the young-adult audience. I wrote them for me. I don't know why they span the ages so…

— Stephenie Meyer

Young adults are honest readers. They won't stay with a book unless they have a reason, so it has to move along.

— Jesse Andrews

People will ask me, "How do you approach writing books for young readers differently than for adults?" My answer is always: I don't change…

— Alan Gratz

“This is one of the chief differences between a child's experience of a favorite book and an educated adult's. For the adult, a book…

— Laura Miller

“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to say positive…

— Lloyd Alexander