Being a teenager Quote by David Crabb

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.

— Judy Blume

I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.

— S. E. Hinton

It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

“Teen books are like adult books, without all the bullshit.”

— Anonymous

As a teenager, I didn't read a ton of teen fiction, and now I feel like I wish that I had.

— Jesse Andrews

When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age.

— Julie Kagawa

'The Catcher in the Rye.' When I was a teenager, that was my book; yes, somebody gets it, somebody gets adolescence.

— Libba Bray

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

A teenager is a original thinker who is positive that their parents were never teenagers!

— VVN

Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you…

— Jodi Picoult

I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've actually had…

— Michelle Gagnon

I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one.

— Elizabeth Olsen