Age Quote by Melissa Marr

Readers want more of the same from you. So stick to one genre.

— Ruskin Bond

I know how to write stories that are accessible to younger readers, and sophisticated enough for older ones. I'm not a big fan of…

— Hope Larson

My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write…

— Taylor Swift

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they…

— Katherine Paterson

I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

— China Mieville

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

— Catherine Jinks

I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.

— Jonathan Lethem

I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres.

— Nora Roberts

I am very adventurous with authors, but not very with genres.

— Ravi Subramanian

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

— Meg Wolitzer

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

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