Adult Quote by Sara Shepard

I first wrote for adults, but when I started writing for young people, it was the most creative and liberating experience of my life.…

— Lloyd Alexander

I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know…

— David Almond

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

— Don DeLillo

Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why I write for the younger set. My reply: 'I…

— Karen Hesse

You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.

— Maxim Gorky

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.

— Tanith Lee

Writing for adults and writing for young people is really not that different. As a reporter, I have always tried to write as clearly…

— Serge Schmemann

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 think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the stories moving,…

— William Sleator

Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form of play;…

— Monica Ali

I write with teenagers in mind.

— Bernard Beckett

At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren…

— Margaret Mahy