Books Quote by Tavi Gevinson

'Rookie' is not your guide to Being a Teen. It is, quite simply, a bunch of writing and art we like and believe in.

— Tavi Gevinson

One of my intentions with 'Rookie' is for the girls reading it to know that they are already cool enough and smart enough and…

— Tavi Gevinson

I don't use the word 'rookie' because it just doesn't sound right. Little things go a long way and make a big difference for…

— Zdeno Chara

When you come up as a rookie, there's always somebody who wants to stick it to you.

— Ronald Acuna Jr

“…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

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

— Anonymous

The only thing you're afraid of with rookies is mistakes, and I was fortunate, because with so many veterans, they simply guided me along.…

— John Havlicek

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

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

— Stephen Colbert

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.

— Paul Auster

I'm not a rookie anymore-no more excuses about being young.

— Adrian Beltre