Quotes About Childhood

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder what was it like.

When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.

I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.

I started singing when I was four years old; that was the first time I took a voice lesson.

I was a good liar as a child.

Public libraries were a huge source of comfort and joy for me when I was growing up. I still spend time there.

My father was in the Army and we moved around a lot, and one of my favorite places was the library.

I have some lifelong friends I grew up with.

Since my childhood, I had a great liking for Karunanidhi and admired his writing skills.

My childhood is always going to limit me.

I used to believe in God as a child. God, for me, was linked with hope.

I think we all love the music we listened to as kids the most.

I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.

I need the lightness of children's lit.

My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I was English.

Everybody draws when they are little.

I always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being an elf.

Me and my brother just used to fight all the time; then my sister came along, and it was all about the little girl in the house. We'd always eat dinner together as a family.

Ever since I was a very little girl, I've dreamed of acting.

First off let me say, I've wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl.

When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.

Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when I was a little girl. The fact is, though, that Junie B. and I have very little in common.

I was a very sad little girl.