Quotes About Youth

There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.

A story about my life should not be particularly interesting, but it is: it's just about me and some kids who didn't know how to talk to each other. It's personal but not autobiographical.

Many of us forget who we were before we became cricketers. I remember how hard I tried to get an autograph when I was young.

I was the kid who was waiting outside the ground for autographs.

I look to films to learn and to see different avenues that you can take in growing up.

As a kid, I was just a kid. Average.

Don't get old, if you can avoid it.

The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.

When I was a kid I wanted to play in the First Division and I wanted to play for England. I achieved both those ambitions.

My parents got divorced when I was really young.

I was married and divorced at 23.

Our parents got divorced when I was 8 or 9.

My parents were divorced when I was really young.

I always wanted to do something about what it's like to get divorced, especially when it's a young marriage to start with.

I've said, I never thought I rebelled. I never - I don't think I've ever had that period. You know, I just had to do what I had to do. You know, I was a good kid.

I was going to college to be a doctor.

That's what I love about 'Doctor Who' - it takes you back to being the age you were when you first saw it.

I was part of the generation that was supposed to become doctors.

The thing that's made me open my eyes to what was happening to the environment and climate was films and documentaries.

In 1957, I was a 16-year-old office boy for the Dodgers.

When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.

When you start at Ajax and you're six or seven years old, you're in the best team in the league - always. And you have to dominate, at home and away from home. A draw is never enough. A win is never enough.

I don't care about age very much.

I didn't do a lot of fighting as a kid. But I hit doors a lot.