As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste. Lee Radziwill admirebanalchild Change image and share on social
As a child, these colourful superheroes that could fly, or were horrifying like Ghost Rider and the Hulk, with this tremendous rage or these supernatural powers, provided an escape for me from my mundane existence, from my lack of friends or my inability to communicate well with people. They liberated me. Nicolas Cage childcolourfulcommunicate share on social
As a child, we visited the San Juan Islands during the summer. Kayaking, big family meals, playing on the beach - great memories! Zoe McLellan beachbigchild Change image and share on social
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other. Mary Oliver alivecaptivatechild Change image and share on social
As a child, when asked what I would be, I usually said I was going to be a huntsman. A fine profession, truly! Charles Spurgeon askchildfine Change image and share on social
As a child, when I lost things such as my precious pocketknife, I learned that if I prayed hard enough, I could usually find it. I was always able to find the lost cows I was entrusted with. Sometimes I had to pray more than once, but my prayers always seemed to be answered. James E. Faust answerchildcow share on social
As a child who loved to read, I had trouble finding honest stories. I felt that adults were always keeping secrets from me, even in the books I was reading. Judy Blume adultbookchild Change image and share on social
As a child, William Beebe was my hero, and I used to read about him going down in the bathysphere, and I wanted to do that too. And I told my family, I said, 'I'd like to go down and be like William Beebe,' and they said, 'Well, maybe you can take up typing and get to be the secretary of William Beebe or somebody like him.' Eugenie Clark bathyspherebeebechild share on social
As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You're delighted by sound, you're delighted by recognizing something. It's like hide and seek. Is it there? Is it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It's one fantastic game. Yo-Yo Ma childdelightfantastic share on social
As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a kicking for it that I was in trauma for the next six months. Anthony Horowitz adultauthorbook Change image and share on social