I vowed to never, ever talk or reason like an adult.
Coloring is very relaxing for one thing. And I think adults like to unplug from technology for awhile and do something tangible with their hands.
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
When you're six years old, you don't look at things the way an adult looks at things.
Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.
A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.
Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults.
Adults forget the depths of languor into which the adolescent mind decends with ease. They are prone to undervalue the mental growth that occurs during daydreaming and aimless wandering
At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
The clash between child and adult is never as stubborn as when the child within us confronts the adult in our child.
One of my favorite things about 'Spring Awakening' is that it is enjoyable and important for both kids and adults to see.
Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.
Illiteracy is a huge problem in America. One in three adults in our country is illiterate.
At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.
At 14 you are still in most respects a dependent youth, in some respects a child. At 24 you are an adult. In between, extraordinary turbulences take place.