We have grown up in an age where there is nothing that cannot now, courtesy of computer-generated imagery, be convincingly rendered in the visual field. Glen Duncan agecomputerconvincingly Change image and share on social
From an early age, I was very interested in all things fashion... and the change from tomboy to ultrafeminine glamour in old films. There was a Doris Day film I loved: 'Calamity Jane.' Stella McCartney agecalamitychange Change image and share on social
I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing. Garth Nix agebookfull Change image and share on social
I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut. Garrett Hedlund agefarmgossip share on social
Not surprisingly, my parents' generation did everything they could to make life easier for their own children. Was that good for us? I wonder. It certainly didn't do us any good from a cultural point of view. I'm struck by how few boomers have embraced adult culture in middle age. Terry Teachout adultageboomer share on social
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age. Dwight D. Eisenhower agefearlive Change image and share on social
I was working in Camden Lock market from the age of 13 to 16, and people often suggested that I should be a model. I knew a girl working on a stall who was with Take Two model agency, so I decided to go along, and they took me on. Saffron Aldridge ageagencycamden share on social
In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like. Rowan Atkinson advertiseageentertainment share on social
By the age of nine or ten, I knew that I loved history and writing. It got hold of me and never turned loose. Hampton Sides agehistoryhold Change image and share on social
Since the age of 11, I have loved writing poems and fragments from my life. Niki de St. Phalle agefragmentlife Change image and share on social