Books Quote by Jesse Andrews

I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel or two…

— Paul Di Filippo

“…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

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

— Anonymous

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

— Ann Brashares

I'm not a reader of young adult fiction for the simple reason that these novelists are writing for adolescents, so they are not writing…

— Robert Cormier

I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

— Candace Bushnell

It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the…

— 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

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

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“It sometimes strikes me that there is only one taboo left in young adult literature. By and large, no one complains any more when…

— M.T. Anderson

Talented people are finding that writing for young people is as demanding of high quality as writing for adults.

— Lloyd Alexander