About Quote by Louis Sachar

There's a kind of funny gap between 14 and 20 when young people don't read very much. Nobody really knows what to do about…

— Lloyd Alexander

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play;…

— Monica Ali

I didn't write these books specifically for the young-adult audience. I wrote them for me. I don't know why they span the ages so…

— Stephenie Meyer

It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore. I know that many…

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them. The idea…

— Soman Chainani

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience…

— Bruce Springsteen

There are no gatekeepers in children's literature. There are children who like what you write because it's funny.

— David Baddiel

I never wrote for children. I wrote with respect for the audience, which I've maintained all my life. Doesn't mean I couldn't be risque,…

— Chespirito

I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know…

— David Almond

“The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“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

If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any age group, I just write character. If…

— Melissa Rosenberg