Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

You think back and you ask yourself why you became so interested in wolves. I think it was because when I was very small, growing up in a little hamlet near Shap, we would go to Lowther Wildlife Park for birthday parties. Now closed, it was only three miles from my parents' house. ”

Various books revolutionised what I think about novels and showed me that they're not strict, formulaic things. 'Coming Through Slaughter' by Michael Ondaatje was one of them. ”

Over the years, I've lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament. ”

Growing up, I really wanted my own theater company, and I really wanted to do theater, so I was consciously pursuing it. ”

I had a mother who got involved in grassroot politics when I was growing up. I watched her have agency and become political in a very male-dominated world. ”

Growing up, you have all these ideas, and then you're confronted and faced with the real world for the first time. And you have to think of what you want your life to be. ”

We have a strong tradition in Toronto of really great film writers, and growing up in that climate is a big reason I pursued cinema studies. ”

I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting. ”

I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it is now, and I'm coming at it from another angle - like you just love and care about this person so much, and just want to protect them from everything. ”

As long as there's a body of water nearby, I'm happy. Pools don't count. I like diving into the ocean and coming out refreshed. ”