I was heavily influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, C. S. Friedman, Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, R. A. Salvatore, and James Clavell to name a few, but of course every book I've ever read, whether I liked it or not, has had an influence... I think I am constantly evolving as a writer, but not to mimic anyone else or mainstream trends.
‐‐ Peter V. Brett
I was heavily into Nirvana and I still am, but when I was 23 I got disillusioned by music. Then I just focused more on myself and gave up music for a while.
‐‐ James McCartney
I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.
‐‐ Ben Barnes
I was heavily involved in musical theater.
‐‐ Brad Goreski
I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.
‐‐ Jason Alexander
I was held in the Mazra Tora Prison for my role as leader of the pan-Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alexandria.
‐‐ Maajid Nawaz
I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.
‐‐ James Snyder
I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.
‐‐ James Herriot
I was helping my mom grind meat at our butcher shop, and it just hypnotized me. I don't remember sticking my hand in, but it sheared off the three middle fingers and left me with a pinkie and a thumb.
‐‐ Jon Tester
I was hesitant to do 'Mulan II.' For me, I felt like the story that needed to be told, this legendary character of Mulan, was already encompassed in the first movie, and I was worried they would try to create this crazy cartoon character out of this legendary character of China.
‐‐ Ming-Na Wen
I was hesitant to go around and shake hands, just go up and stick my hand out to strangers. Then I learned to stick my hand out.
‐‐ Jim Edgar
I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened.
‐‐ Marcel Duchamp
I was hiking a five-day loop - alone - in the Rocky Mountains when I rounded the switchback and saw a large body on the trail ahead. It had brown fur with a cinnamon tinge that was draped across dense, humped back muscle. A broad head lifted and I could see the dish-shaped muzzle was catching my scent. I knew bears. This was a grizzly.
‐‐ Claire Cameron
I was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15.
‐‐ Andy Weir
I was hired as a penciler.
‐‐ Gil Kane
I was hired as a sous-chef at a restaurant on the Upper East Side. The chef liked to drink - some mornings we would find him sleeping. Two weeks after its opening, I became the chef. I was 20 years old, and way over my head. I had to hire the cooks and do the menus.
‐‐ Bobby Flay
I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.
‐‐ Don Lemon
I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could.
‐‐ Gil Kane
I was hired to do this one great script called 'Cap'n Ricky' and that project is up in the air at the moment.
‐‐ David Wain
I was hit by a car. I almost died. My show was taken away from me. I was frightened.
‐‐ Eileen Brennan
I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.
‐‐ Amy Winehouse
I was hit by a car when I was 13, and the rumour was immediately that I had been playing chicken with the car with my best friend Kenny in front of the Nutmeg Pantry, which was the only shop in Sharon. In fact, the guy who hit me was inebriated.
‐‐ Bill Clegg
I was hit for the first time before I was married.
‐‐ Robin Givens
I was hitting .360 when I was diagnosed. I didn't forget how to play while I was recovering. I don't know if the cancer is gone for good. I don't think anyone ever knows, but no one is going to steal my joy for as along as I'm able to play baseball.
‐‐ Eric Davis
I was holding a reserve inside all along. When you're with someone as powerful as Donald, you have no choice. You can get lost within that power if you're not careful.
‐‐ Marla Maples
I was home-schooled.
‐‐ Hailee Steinfeld
I was home-schooled and I graduated super-early. But I've always had older friends, so I got to go to all their dances. I got the best of both worlds. I had the choice to go to prom with a friend of mine and I decided not to because I was filming very close to that. But red carpets and the 'G.B.F' prom were so much better.
‐‐ Sasha Pieterse
I was home-schooled. But going to high school, I never would've been able to travel the U.S. or been able to do acting.
‐‐ Ethan Embry
I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
‐‐ Cameron Monaghan
I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school. I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm, and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies.
‐‐ Nicole Anderson
I was home-schooled. My mom wasn't a fan of public school systems.
‐‐ Britt Robertson
I was home schooled, so I never got a yearbook.
‐‐ Lucy Hale
I was home schooled starting in seventh grade.
‐‐ Austin Butler
I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.
‐‐ Brie Larson
I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.
‐‐ Marla Maples
I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing.
‐‐ Jewel
I was homeless for a little bit. I was on people's couches, but it was an amazing journey. I got to make people laugh all the way.
‐‐ Sherri Shepherd
I was homeless for about 8 months, I refused to live with my dad or anyone for that matter. So I stayed somewhere that had no hot water, ever, no heat, I told myself I have to be strong and get through it on my own.
‐‐ Eric West
I was homeschooled for several years.
‐‐ John Legend
I was homeschooled on the road for kindergarten, then went to elementary school and a private Christian school while living with my grandparents until I graduated, and I loved it. But my parents were gone a lot.
‐‐ Hillary Scott
I was homophobic because I obviously didn't know that I was gay.
‐‐ Jillian Michaels
I was honestly a cartoon kid. I loved cartoons. That was more my dream than anything else. But now, it's the films of people like John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands. Those are the kinds of characters I want to play, and that's the kind of filmmaking I'm fascinated by.
‐‐ Tatiana Maslany
I was honestly never a huge school person.
‐‐ Anna Paquin
I was honored to have served in the Army for my country. I was at Anzio during WWII, and it makes you realize how very precious life is.
‐‐ James Arness
I was honored to wear 'Arizona' across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey number retired was the ultimate compliment.
‐‐ Jennie Finch
I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing 'Happy Birthday,' like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!'
‐‐ Marilyn Monroe
I was hooked in before hacking was even illegal.
‐‐ Kevin Mitnick
I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.
‐‐ John Glenn
I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.
‐‐ Taissa Farmiga