Character Quote by Hayao Miyazaki

If you find yourself caring about old stories and regret the ways in which they slip out of reach of young audiences, you may…

— Michael Rosen

“Maybe when we can tell the stories, however bad they are, we don't belong to them anymore. They become ours. And maybe what growing…

— Ava Dellaira

A story is built on characters and reasons.

— Steven Amsterdam

Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of a young…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

“I write for the kid in me. . . . Often when I’m working on a story, I’ll find myself laughing at something my…

— Elvira Woodruff

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that…

— Francine Rivers

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside…

— Gus Van Sant

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and…

— Theresa Breslin

The type of stories I write are about young people grappling with the biggest problems in their lives, often problems that are bigger than…

— Morris Gleitzman

I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.

— Emily Giffin

“At a certain age our parents offhandedly start telling us things we’ve never heard before, about themselves and their families, their upbringing and history.…

— Tim Kreider

I never like to put myself in the stories; in 'Lost in the City,' there are fourteen stories, and there's only one, 'The First…

— Edward P. Jones