It’s insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.

It’s very important the toilet be beautiful, that this stage is reflected. If a child suffers trauma, then he will have adult neuroses.

I’m not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

Sixty-six percent is the literacy rate in the Arab world. We have 58 million illiterate among adults in our part of the world.

I had never really pictured myself working in children’s ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries.

The great thing about candy is that it can’t be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent. And all Halloween candy pales next to candy corn, if only because candy corn used to appear,...

Just because you’re an adult doesn’t mean you’re grown up. Growing up means being patient, holding your temper, cutting out the self-pity, and quitting with the righteous indignation.”Why do so many people seem to love...

You think he’s perfect and he’s safe and, in your head, he can do anything… but he can’t save you, Sara… and I can’t save you either.

She must die.

You won’t find the tales I bear in any books . . . My tales are from the Moon Realm.” —Ebb Autumn

ABC is owned by Disney, so it’s a little more conservative than Adult Swim. Polar opposites.

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 everything.

I feel claimed and bonded to him like animals do. I feel like I’ve already been caught and trapped and he’s merely priming me, leaving me to simmer in my juices, anxiously waiting for the...

Apply expectations appropriately. Do not assume [all] adults are as grown up and mature as they should be, or appear to be.

Fate was cruel to play this trick on her, although if she were honest she knew she only had herself to blame. She had taken the chance and now she had to pay the price.

When you’re young, you say what you feel.When you’re adult, you speak what you think.When you grow old, you listen to what nature says.

When you blame others, what you are really saying is what is inside of you can’t be fixed, so you have no control of your own happiness. Therefore, you have made the conscience choice to...

Sometimes we focus on the lyrics too much and forget to dance to the music.

Her soft trailing fingers would continue to attempt a connection that I refused to allow; that I couldn’t allow if I wanted to survive.

She probably fell asleep and was washed away by the tortoise waves!”-Arista

Greydor will eat us!

Do you ever wear leather?” the guy asks.”What?””Leather. Do you like leather?””It doesn’t exactly wipe me out.””I like to see boys in leather.”I look at him cool. “Okay,” I say, “what is it you want...

When I was a child, I thought like a child.When I became adult, I seek a deeper understanding of life.

—Quería preguntártelo algún día, cuando fuera el momento adecuado, pero hemos comenzado a hablar…[…]—La miró a los ojos mientras le acariciaba la mejilla con los nudillos—. Estoy ante ti sin nada, bella, solo te entrego...

You’re unpredictable and dangerous and protect those you love fiercely. You should be proud. To me you’re more than a knight in some stupid shiny armour. You’re the monster who no one can tame but...

Pneumococcal disease is a real threat. Pneumococcal disease is a bacterial infection that causes anything from middle ear infection to pneumonia to meningitis. Children are particularly vulnerable to it, but adults can get pneumococcal disease...

You may not mean to, but you do seem to look down your nose at many of us mere mortals muddling along down here. I feel as though you think everyone should be better than...

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

For some reason, when people meet me and find out I’m a writer they always ask if I write children’s books. Um… please don’t let your kids read my books. Well, unless your kids are...

The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland.The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.The florist will sigh and add a wall divider and proper soil to...

Magic?” What did magic have to do with breaking into someone’s store and stealing their stuff?”Don’t you get it?” Peter said. “You’re free now. You don’t have to live by their rules anymore.” Peter pointed...

I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

What do you insolent merfolks want with me now? I swear I haven’t eaten any of your children.”-Ursula

Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too.

Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap,...

I do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult.

Insanity is the only real escape from the banality of our lives. – Clara Bayliss

Sometimes, the only way to make your dreams come true is to shatter them.

The most confounding thing of all is that we still haven’t identified the cause of 20% to 30% of adult common colds.

He felt torn. He wanted her to feel safe with him, but he also wanted her to feel the sort of heady excitement that any young girl should feel when they fall in love. He...

Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don’t feel everybody can connect to.

Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like ‘Shrek’ or ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Robin Hood’ manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways.

Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them suffer or lower their standards because of your selfishness, is the day you...

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.

It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal.

Why won’t you just go and find out?” the question startled her. She whirled around to come face to face with her evil aunt; Ursula.

I’m pretty much in love with ‘Adult Swim.’

The last thing he ever said to me was, ‘Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.