I'd got to a point where I wanted a break. Simon Armitage breakpointwant Change image and share on social
I'd got to that age when I was out on a date with a guy and I would be thinking: Don't mention your age, don't mention that you want a child - because they would just run out the door. Denise Van Outen agechilddate Change image and share on social
I'd got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty. Boy George emptyfeltknow Change image and share on social
I'd gotten away from my Buddhism. And I quit meditating. Tiger Woods buddhismmeditatequit Change image and share on social
I'd gotten myself into a kind of journalism that wasn't really compatible with rearing an infant. I'd been a foreign correspondent for a long time and had this subspecialty in covering catastrophes. It had spoiled me a little because you have a tremendous amount of autonomy, and I couldn't really see being an editor in an office. Geraldine Brooks amountautonomycatastrophe share on social
I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets your hands dirty, is a respectable, necessary thing. But I wanted to write - and writing didn't qualify. Whenever I told my parents I dreamed of becoming a writer, they said, 'Great, but what are you going to do for work?' Ali Liebegott dirtydreamgrandfather share on social
I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing. Guillermo del Toro callcameradirect Change image and share on social
I'd grown accustomed to seeing myself as someone who, if fallible and unworthy, had nevertheless managed to do one thing well enough to get recognition for it. Philip Schultz accustomfalliblegrow Change image and share on social
I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball. V. E. Schwab ageathleticchild Change image and share on social
I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company. Rachel McAdams artisticchildcompany Change image and share on social