Differences Quote by Stephen King

Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.

— Stephen King

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

J. K. Rowling has already got a whole generation reading.

— Jamie Parker

It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so…

— R. L. Stine

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.

— Michael Gambon

“These young writers nowadays. They spend more time networking to promote their writing careers than writing their books. Maybe that’s why there are so…

— Lauren Carr

“Being a writer is 1% inspiration, 50% perspiration and 49% explaining you're not a millionaire like J.K.Rowling.”

— Gabrielle Tozer

They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing…

— Lillian Hellman

Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.

— Zadie Smith

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

— Lillian Hellman

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

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez