It's a very 18th-century thing to have a book broken into several volumes. Matthew Tobin Anderson 18thbookbreak Change image and share on social
Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Matthew Tobin Anderson dumbdwarvehouse Change image and share on social
I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years. Matthew Tobin Anderson needpartiallyteen Change image and share on social
All of my books, which are supposedly, I mean they're called YA novels, my hope is that adults would find no reason not to read them if they read them. Matthew Tobin Anderson adultbookcall Change image and share on social
Occasionally people ask me how it is I write different types of things, and my answer to that is it's very natural. You get bored writing one kind of thing all the time. Matthew Tobin Anderson answerborekind Change image and share on social
I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply. Matthew Tobin Anderson bostoniancompletelycritic Change image and share on social
I can't tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house. Matthew Tobin Anderson atheisthaunthouse Change image and share on social
One of the series I like is D.M. Cornish's 'Monster Blood Tattoo,' in which he creates a whole language. Kids who are reading that are building a language in their heads. There's no real cognitive difference. I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that. Matthew Tobin Anderson bloodbuildcognitive share on social
If we're going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don't see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean. Matthew Tobin Anderson agecountrydie Change image and share on social
I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well. Matthew Tobin Anderson feelhardhistorical Change image and share on social