Age Quote by Mae Whitman

But what I think I like about coming-of-age stories is that there's everything in them. It's a genre that kind of contains everything: you…

— Celine Sciamma

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

— Emily Giffin

Coming of age movies are like perfect recipes for messiness, because everything's happening for the first time in your body, in your brain, and…

— Taylor Russell

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is…

— Raymond E. Feist

I just think its the changes that age brings. You slow down a little bit ... the writers are smart enough to write all…

— James Gandolfini

I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read everything. I…

— Margaret Atwood

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

It's not just about young people - there are films being made that deal with women getting older. That's a huge bonus, and here…

— Lesley Manville

“There is something universally chilling about a new plot. And I could see how my boy needed time and space for a story to…

— Chang-rae Lee

There's another part of getting older that's just wonderful. Which is you see the way the stories turn out with peoples' lives.

— Erica Jong

I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope.…

— Jenny Han

The entertainment industry is always targeted at young people. Understandably so, as they are the key consumers. The young are the ones who are…

— Soni Razdan