Adults Quote by Robert Cormier

I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

— Candace Bushnell

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

I'm not interested in writing for adults. I like them as people! I don't like the way they publish books in that world. Nothing…

— John Green

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

— Jesse Andrews

[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.

— Judy Blume

A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even…

— Lev Grossman

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“Writing for children can be completely honest in non-cynical ways. In adult books you're required to be cynical. It embarrasses us to say positive…

— Lloyd Alexander

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to…

— Jodi Picoult

I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've actually had…

— Michelle Gagnon

I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel or two…

— Paul Di Filippo

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

— Anonymous