Cecily von Ziegesar Quotes

The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes.

I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do.

When I first began writing, and I told people what I wrote, I'd get a blank stare and sometimes a 'Huh?' They weren't sure what young adult literature was. Now everyone knows.

When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren't necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill.

Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.

If a child wants to read 'Twilight' over Middlemarch, they should be encouraged - the important thing is to get them reading in the first place.

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

Kids' literature now is dystopian, you know.

I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch it. I saw half of 'Oprah' one time. I'd rather read.

I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly.

Of course Stephen King doesn't believe in teen novels. I've started to suspect he doesn't even believe in teenagers.

As a kid, I didn't drift into the comic world too much because I preferred to read fantasies novels and science fiction.

I don't think I consciously decided to write for the young adult audience; my subconscious decided for me.

I was a kid who loved to read. I read everything I could get my hands on. I didn't have one favorite book. I had lots of favorite books: 'The Borrowers' by Mary Norton, 'Paddington' by Michael Bond, 'A Little Princess' by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 'Stuart Little' by EB White, 'A Cricket in Times Square,' all the Beverly Cleary books.

I read YA novels constantly, so I really want to be in a young adult rom-com, but I worry that I'm aging into the parent role, which is a little scary.

I'm kind of like a tween. I've read all 'Hunger Games' books in three days.

I'm not necessarily a huge fan of YA movies. I haven't watched a lot of them.

Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading.

My relationship with the 'Baby-Sitters Club' series bordered on addiction, and my mom got me heavily into the Trixie Belden mysteries as well. Trixie Belden was like Nancy Drew, but without the boyfriends and cute outfits, which I think is the reason my mother preferred her.

I don't really buy a weekly magazine but do flick through them if they're in front of me. A bit of style and a dose of gossip is just what you need sometimes.

All I can say is, I don't encourage younger kids to read my books, and actually, the biggest age group on my Facebook page is 25- to 35-year-old women.

Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' saga is set to be the next young adult paranormal series to become a household name.

I know more girls than boys who are Harry Potter fans, so there is no reason why there shouldn't be more boys than girls who love 'The Worst Witch!'

I didn't read much of anything till I was 15, except Alistair MacLean and Michael Moorcock - the sword and sorcery novels - when I was about 13 or 14.

Some of my favorite books to read are young adult books.