Adults Quote by Shannon Hale

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

— Ann Brashares

I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one.

— Elizabeth Olsen

“Calling a book "Young Adult" is just a fancy way of saying the book is censored.”

— Oliver Markus

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

— Judy Blume

I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to write a…

— Markus Zusak

“New Adult is a label that is condescending to readers and authors alike. It implies that the books act as training wheels between Young…

— Lauren Sarner

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

“…the primary trait of young adult literature is that the author’s emphasis is on plot and character and not on his own brilliance. And…

— Eliot Schrefer

“As far as I can tell, a young adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.”

— Stephen Colbert

“The fact that at the moment the distinction is being made, a young adult, as opposed to an adult, is the one reading it.…

— Kristin Cashore

I don't read many young adult books.

— Kevin Macdonald

the term 'young adults' which is so often used today seems to me a misnomer, and one which, if taken seriously, may lead the…

— Eleanor Roosevelt