Quotes About Youth

I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.

Even 31 sounds quite old to me, because my brain is probably still in a state of adolescent delinquency.

I have a thing about working with young people. I adore them.

There's kids out there that like me, so why aren't I taking the time to give back to them? If they adore me or they look up to me, just to whatever extent, I've got to show them that I care about them as well.

A boy I adored when I was 19 gave me the 'Emigrante' album by Orishas. Definitely not my normal taste, but I still kind of love it.

I have been doing ads since I was four years old.

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be in a band - that was the path to girls, adulation, money.

I don't want to make movies for kids, and I don't want to make movies for adults either.

Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

Sometimes, in my adult life, I have memories of when I was young and really scared of being too close to people.

I feel like an old person. I feel like, 'What is this technology?' I think there's some seven-year-olds who are more advanced than I am right now.

I was kind of advanced for my age, just because I started early, when I was maybe 6 or 7 years old. And my dad always had me playing with older groups.

I remember my favorite books when I was a kid: 'The Redwall Adventure' series, 'Ender's Game,' things like that.

I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.

I wanted college to be a real American adventure for me.

I was a good boy in high school , and I read for English class, and I vaguely remember reading, as a kid, 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stuff, but I didn't really read for pleasure.

If you're not adventurous,, you're not really living, I think... especially in college.

My biggest advice for high school girls is to not take yourself so seriously.

Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.

I grew up in the Boys & Girls Club. That's where I really started playing all sports, and that's why I'm a big advocate for the work they do.

In my mind, I'm still that kid who gets affected by other people's music.

Young people get lured into love and affection but should not be forced to change religion.

If we don't reach out to make theatre affordable to the young generation, we will lose them all.

A lot of things haven't changed - clothes and stuff have - but kids keep working after-school jobs and keep getting into terrible trouble in relationships. That's not going to stop.