Books Quote by Stephen Colbert

“Great. My life has suddenly become a young-adult novel.”

— RJ Gonzales

“What novels did you read when you were young, dear? I'm convinced it all turns on that.”

— Edith Wharton

“Teen books are like adult books, without all the bullshit.”

— Anonymous

“What do you read?” Ismay asks. “Little bit of everything. I started with crime novels. Pretty predictable that, I guess. But then A.J. got…

— Gabrielle Zevin

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

— Elizabeth Olsen

“I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the…

— Nick Hornby

“I keep telling you, you don't pay enough attention to the minor characters. A novel should be like a street full of strangers, where…

— Irène Némirovsky

“I hope, that in the days, and weeks, and years to come, the question of where the dividing lines between adult and children’s fiction…

— Neil Gaiman

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

— Mohsin Hamid

“I am trying to come up with some "adult" reads, but I mostly read young adult fiction (my job), which, by the way is…

— Megan McCafferty

“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