I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines. Michael Ian Black twelve steal measure share on social
I think there's only one reason to write in any genre or to any particular age group: You are called to it. You think it'd be fun. Greg van Eekhout write fun group Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever thought I would write historical fiction. I never thought I might write academic history because I simply wasn't good enough! Pat Barker fiction history think share on social
Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old. Jonathan Swift live wish desire Change image and share on social
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. Jeremy Bentham age perfection rapidly Change image and share on social
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age. Frank Lloyd Wright age original poet Change image and share on social
Age-class running, as you know, is completely unreliable. It's based on this artificial thing, which is that people who are the same age have the same level of physical maturity. Which just isn't true. Malcolm Gladwell age completely level share on social
For the moment I prefer to be a beautiful woman of my age than try desperately to look 30. Demi Moore woman moment desperately Change image and share on social
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time. Bonnie Raitt musician fan follow Change image and share on social
Your grandparents came of age in the Great Depression, when everyday life was about deprivation and sacrifice, when the economic conditions of the time were so grave and so unrelenting it would have been easy enough for the American dream to fade away. Tom Brokaw deprivation time sacrifice share on social
