I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would defeat President Nixon. I now think that no one could have defeated him in 1972. George McGovern believedefeatdemocrat share on social
I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music. P. J. Harvey disbelievefirmlygood Change image and share on social
I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. Candace Bushnell arrivecollegedecide share on social
I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food. Jonathan Safran Foer animalargumentbabysitter share on social
I first became an Alan Moore fan in Covent Garden on a Saturday afternoon in 1987, when I bought a copy of 'Watchmen,' his graphic novel about ageing superheroes and nuclear apocalypse. Susanna Clarke afternoonagealan Change image and share on social
I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for bird-watching, and when the snow or the rain kept me indoors, I read his bird books and learned about evolution. James D. Watson awarebirdbook share on social
I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.' Jean Craighead George awaredelightentomologist share on social
I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program. James Bernard Frost daveeggerenroll Change image and share on social
I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing. Tinie Tempah condescendcouplecrowd share on social
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. Carol P. Christ graduateinterestlate Change image and share on social