Adult Quote by Justine Larbalestier

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

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

— Mohsin Hamid

“As far as I can tell, a young adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.”

— Stephen Colbert

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

— Candace Bushnell

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

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

— Jesse Andrews

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

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

— Elizabeth Olsen

There are certain books that should be taken away from young writers; that should be prised out of their clutching fingers and locked away…

— Anne Enright

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.

— Lev Grossman