Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

I had never heard of 'young adult novels,' which I guess are about teenage gangs and the new boy in town or something.

I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the same.

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

I was the youngest of my entire family so you are tap-dancing to try to get the attention of your older cousins. I really hit my social stride in 6th grade, but before that I was a pretty big dork. You learn how to be amusing and how to work for it.

As people get older, we all know, you get married and you have a child and that becomes your family, but when you're 16 years old, especially, your family is your friends.

Sixteen is a hard time. A lot of kids are experimenting with things.

People love teen movies because everyone can relate.

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.

I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you.

Teenagers are asking, 'Who am I?' and 'How do I fit in?' in every aspect of their lives, and the best YA romances appreciate that there is more to a teen's life than finding love.

I think that there is a lot going on with young people today.

High school was so much fun, and it wasn't a wreck at all.

All teens are in trouble in one form or another.

I really wanted to go to high school and be normal.

Some of my favorite memories happened in the 'Boy Meets World' classroom.

In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.

I am not sure that the inner world of teenage girls has changed. What's most important to kids today is still the same stuff.

I don't have anything new to say about teenagers.

I love 'River's Edge.'

Kids are smart nowadays, they are much more aware of their surroundings than we were 20 years ago, but at the same time it is important that they are guided as a friend when they go through adolescence.

'Welcome to the Dollhouse' is great. Even though it's about a girl in middle school, to me, that feels like the most honest reflection of what being a kid around that age feels like.

I think you've got to be able to relate to what teens are going through.

It's important for teenagers, young adults, parents, teachers, really everyone to see what the true High School experience is.

I'm just a normal teenage kid.