When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale. Andrew O'Hagan ayrshirebackbasic Change image and share on social
When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose. Karl Ove Knausgaard adultbackchildhood share on social
When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that? Cynthia Payne 1980sbackpinch Change image and share on social
When I look back at the church I grew up in, I realise that nothing about its behaviour was very Christian. It was just a social club on Sundays where people would meet up with their mates. James Corden backbehaviourchristian Change image and share on social
When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it. Lorna Luft backbreakcanceled Change image and share on social
When I look back at the pictures of our blended family the day Vince and I married, he and I are smiling, and all the children are frowning. Amy Grant backblendchild Change image and share on social
When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast. Roger Clemens backexperiencefast Change image and share on social
When I look back at the way that I was in that documentary I cringe. Benjamin Cohen backcringedocumentary Change image and share on social
When I look back at this career I've had, I don't know where it goes from here, but certainly any time I can make a movie that's different, that explores something that's not a retread of something else, I'm interested in it. Don Coscarelli backcareerexplore share on social
When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that all of that joy she found in her work came to an end. I wish she hadn't had to make that sacrifice, even if it was for the benefit of my father and siblings and me. Marlo Thomas backbenefitend share on social
