Adults Quote by Michael Scott

To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists…

— Charles de Lint

It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I know there…

— Kate DiCamillo

I don't differentiate in the way that the genre creators want differentiation to be made. I feel that I have never written children's or…

— Robin McKinley

“I had been reading children's books all my life and saw them not as minor amusements but as part of the whole literary mainstream;…

— Lloyd Alexander

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature.

— Lauren Oliver

For me, writing for kids is harder because they're a more discriminating audience. While adults might stay with you, if you lose your pacing…

— Rick Riordan

Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's book -…

— John Boyne

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works…

— Margaret Mahy

Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go…

— Rick Riordan

While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which those characters…

— Elizabeth George

I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for so long,…

— Rick Riordan