Process Quote by Mikey Day

What I've learned is that you get better at writing by writing, and that 'youthful energy' will only get you so far.

— Lynn Coady

In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

— Michael Scott

Even when I think I'm writing really young, they say it's too mature.

— Cynthia Weil

I just don't think I can write someone drastically younger than me.

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

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 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

I don't think about age groups when I write, although I think if I know I'm writing for Children I'll be a bit more…

— Neil Gaiman

At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you…

— Patrick Modiano

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.

— Wallace Stegner

In old age, you realise that while you're divided from your youth by decades, you can close your eyes and summon it at will.…

— Penelope Lively

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility…

— Chuck Klosterman