Ability Quote by Elizabeth Wein

“…the primary trait of young adult literature is that the author’s emphasis is on plot and character and not on his own brilliance. And…

— Eliot Schrefer

There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth;…

— Jill Paton Walsh

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

— Zadie Smith

“Books make their greatest mark when they reach readers in their growing years. The young look everywhere for that ground of truth on which…

— Milton Meltzer

“Young writers get false ideas from indiscreet praise.”

— Uncle Haskell

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing…

— James Payn

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I think being a writer is being heavily attuned to the absolute absurdity of things you take for granted, and I think that having…

— Jenny Zhang

Literature taught me that I wasn't alone, that I could become a writer if I worked at it, that my story mattered. Whether a…

— Sabaa Tahir

Most of the great works of juvenile literature are subversive in one way or another: they express ideas and emotions not generally approved of…

— Alison Lurie