When I was growing up, my parents told me, ‘Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.’ I tell my daughters, ‘Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.’ – Thomas Friedman
I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives. – Tayari Jones
Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia. – Sam Trammell
I so think it’s limiting to define an audience ahead of time. This is something I’ve brought on myself by being like, ‘There are no ‘real’ teen publications! That’s what I’ll do!’ But then it’s like, well, if I want ‘Rookie’ to be successful and popular, then people will invalidate the realness by saying it’s popular and mainstream. – Tavi Gevinson
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves. – Virginia Satir
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. – Sarah Mlynowski
It’s always good to get feedback from people. I’ve been fortunate that all the fans, and especially fans of ‘Teen Wolf,’ have been really gracious. – Sinqua Walls
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out. – Tommy Chong
Ever since I was a little teen, I was told by my great-grandma that you’ve got to always have a good moisturizer. I use cocoa butter, and I use it for all things needing moisture – face, hair, throw it on those legs at the beach, get them all shiny. Cocoa butter is such a great product. – Sufe Bradshaw
I consider myself a writer. I always wanted to act, and as a teen, I studied acting devotedly. Eventually, I got writing work, but very little acting work. – Winnie Holzman
Watching ‘CSI: Miami’ is like watching ‘Teen Jeopardy!’ or doing the crossword puzzle in ‘People’ magazine. It makes you feel smart even when you’re not. – Willie Geist
I wouldn’t say I’m stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with me. I feel really in touch with those feelings, and how intense and complicated life seems in those years. – Sara Zarr
I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn’t keep up. – Saskia de Brauw
Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think ‘We don’t need to be as diligent with the razor blade,’ but they do. – Tamora Pierce
