The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals. Jeff Buckley ageaudaciousbash share on social
It seems this is an age of clever critics who keep bewailing the fact that there are no works worthy of criticism. Sylvia Plath agebewailclever Change image and share on social
I think only now am I at the age where I've forgiven the past enough to say, 'You know what? Slavery was there. Let's talk about it in ways that will help us face tomorrow. James McBride agefaceforgive Change image and share on social
I do so much revising as I go along; I wonder how I could write books if I hadn't grown up in the computer age. I think I'd be a very different writer. I find myself cutting and pasting, changing things around and deleting whole paragraphs constantly. Megan McCafferty agebookchange share on social
Stewardesses were a joke to many of us coming of age in the liberated Sixties. They were no joke in the women's movement that liberated us, however. Cathleen Schine agecomejoke Change image and share on social
My first recognition of age setting in was exactly on my 36th birthday. I have no idea why, on this day of all days, I looked in the mirror and realized my face no longer looked young. Paulina Porizkova 36thagebirthday Change image and share on social
The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy. George Packer ageassemblyconsequential Change image and share on social
Many of the people I work with that are half my age complain that they feel tired all the time. I tell them: 'Look at what you're eating, how much you are exercising, and how much sleep you are getting.' David H. Murdock agecomplaineat share on social
With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no matter what age, are not permitted to see, even though it can be seen by other people all over the world. I suppose you could call it a political statement. Todd Solondz ageamericancall share on social
Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you. Marilyn Monroe ageavoidcomplete Change image and share on social
