Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too.
Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.
My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about.
Gollum is my picture of Dorian Gray. He will be with me for the rest of life, and I will grow to look more like him as I get older.
As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.
I think it goes hand in hand because if you discipline yourself on the floor, as you become an older player or a more seasoned individual, it adds structure in your life.
I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.
As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has to be lived with, that it's better not to struggle.
All I can say to the kids is if you've a problem in fishing or life, if you talk to an older person, you're gonna end up alright, because nine times out of 10, they've been through the same thing.
People think, because we're young, we aren't complex, but that's not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.
I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.
I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.
Urban Outfitters - I love it. It's almost like Forever 21, but for, like, the 24- to 25-year-old girl, getting a little bit older.
Eat well and sleep well. That will feed your nervous system and your psyche. As you get older, you look how you feel.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a portrait painter I wouldn't be able to support a goldfish.
My first show was when I was a high school freshman, but it was at the junior class dance. My older friend and bandmate booked it.
I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if I was older than Batman.
It seems like the older bands are bigger than ever. We get a mixed crowd where you have kids and old blokes like me.
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.
I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable.
