Famous Quotes

"We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle."

John Green on Teen

More quotes about Teen

• "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

  e. e. cummings on Teen

• "The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up."

  John C. Maxwell on Teen

• "As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too."

  Johnny Depp on Teen

• "As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you."

  Fran Lebowitz on Teen

• "We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."

  Bryan White on Teen

More quotes by John Green

• "We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle."

• "Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison, but I don't have any desire to follow her on Twitter. I just want to read her books."

• "We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle."