Age Quote by Clive James

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

— Zadie Smith

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

— Meg Wolitzer

The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing…

— Jenny Han

The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books. It's really…

— Grace Lin

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 definitely thought I was going to write books. I wrote a couple of children's books when I was like 11 when I was…

— Chrissy Costanza

To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them.

— William Steig

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

— Catherine Jinks

I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write books, our…

— Bob Weir

Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a…

— John Green

To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked…

— Cynthia Voigt

Initially, I wanted to write middle grade. YA scared me: there's a lot of responsibility in being a YA author. It's so important to…

— Angie Thomas