Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. Donald G. Mitchell atmosphereaugustbathe Change image and share on social
Over the years, I had something in principle against autobiographical writing altogether because memory plays tricks on us, and we also tend to reinvent ourselves. But there comes an age when one begins to observe life, and there are things that need time to mature, also in terms of literary form. Gunter Grass agealtogetherautobiographical share on social
From a young age I was obsessed with the mysterious, the esoteric, the paranormal. Drummond Money-Coutts ageesotericmysterious Change image and share on social
My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all. Ben Marcus agebookreview Change image and share on social
My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read 'Boneland.' Alan Garner ageattitudeboneland Change image and share on social
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. Annie Dillard agechilddeliver Change image and share on social
I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet. Alanis Morissette ageplanetsave Change image and share on social
To join or not to join films was the biggest choice I had to make. I'd done two years of biogenetic engineering, was an economics graduate and a gold medalist. I had also been a Bharatanatyam dancer from age five, always won the best actress award in school. Finally, I decided to do things for my soul, chose to act. Amisha Patel actactressage share on social
I do always want to be creating something; I can't help it. I don't know why that is, but I'm certainly not gonna knock it now, at the age of 36. It seems to be working. Alison Mosshart agecreategonna Change image and share on social
Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose. Aung San Suu Kyi agefondpoetry Change image and share on social