Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more. ”

We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.' ”

Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland. ”

I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up. ”

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about. ”

Growing up, I was the awkward, chubby kid. I had a few close friends, but I was the first one to be bullied. ”

When you're coming up in the business, there are so many people giving you advice and people prepping you for interviews: what to say, what not to say. When you don't know the business, you kind of take all that on and say, 'This is what I need to do, and I need to do what people tell me to do.' ”

Growing up with a sister, someone I talk to all the time, helps me appreciate women. ”

My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up. ”

I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it. ”