If you were an alien who came to our bookstores - or browsed our teen magazines - you'd think that only Earth girls who look like Mila Kunis ever got any action. Rainbow Rowell actionalienbookstore Change image and share on social
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. Bryan White actgrowlearn Change image and share on social
Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. Claire Danes desperatelygirlgood Change image and share on social
Of course Stephen King doesn't believe in teen novels. I've started to suspect he doesn't even believe in teenagers. Robin Wasserman havekingnovel Change image and share on social
Teen fiction should be about teenagers - no matter how many arguments there are about what YA lit should be, this seems like the one thing we can all agree on. Robin Wasserman agreeargumentfiction Change image and share on social
As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never converted to Catholicism, happily, but I did do one thing he did. That is, in middle age I moved to a seaside town and got into a right barney with the local powers-that-be. Julie Burchill agebarneycatholicism share on social
Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon. Terry Brooks afternoondependentertainment Change image and share on social
I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things. Miranda Otto coolperiodteenager Change image and share on social
To even be called the 'teen queen' is crazy. Victoria Justice callcrazyqueen Change image and share on social
Robin McKinley's 'The Blue Sword' was a defining book of my teen years, and I'd love to have more books like that in the world. Carrie Vaughn bluebookdefine Change image and share on social