Certain elements of teen life that, 10 years ago, were very important to me still, are becoming less so as I get older. I mean, Ive kinda gotten over, I guess Im saying, the fact that I had trouble getting a date for the prom.
And I realize that the decision to be human is not one single instant, but is a thousand choices made very day. It is choices we make every second an… - Matthew Tobin Anderson
And I realize that the decision to be human is not one single instant, but is a thousand choices made very day. It is choices we make every second an…
- Matthew Tobin Anderson
It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should. - Matthew Tobin Anderson
It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.
I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply. - Matthew Tobin Anderson
I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply.
Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. - Matthew Tobin Anderson
Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger.
I wanted to say something to cheer her up. I had a feeling that cheering her up might be a lot of work. I was thinking of how sometimes, trying to sa… - Matthew Tobin Anderson
I wanted to say something to cheer her up. I had a feeling that cheering her up might be a lot of work. I was thinking of how sometimes, trying to sa…
There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care … - Matthew Tobin Anderson
There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care …
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods. - Matthew Tobin Anderson
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods.
Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.' - Matthew Tobin Anderson
Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'
Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have? - Matthew Tobin Anderson
Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?
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