Dwayne Johnson Quotes

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

Peter Parker's storyline hits every key point of growing up.

For me, there's a deeper genre appreciation for what a coming of age story can be about. To apply that to a superhero world, for me, that was very exciting.

Coming-of-age stories in high school are exciting because everything that happens during that time is very heightened.

I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.

I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story.

I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film.

Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps.

Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of a young person's life where he must make a decision that will change his life forever. I still remember what it's like to be twelve years old.

I do feel like the end of 'Mad Men' is a sort of a coming of age.

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well.

I think the beauty of growing up is not really knowing and figuring it out for yourself.

I really like coming-of-age dramas. It's probably the most intense period in anyone's life, those years before you become an adult. Dramatically, there's so much to explore there. And it's nice to be around young talent coming through.

I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult.

The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.

'Girl in the City Chapter 2' will still continue to revolve around Meera Sehgal and her life, her friends, and her passion. The stark difference in 'Chapter 2' will be that all the characters have now grown up in the series - in terms of maturity if not so much age.

I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman.

It was only when I got to 21 that my personality started coming out a little bit more.

I know it's hard to believe that I'm no longer the young 'Zuri' everyone has grown to love, which I truly appreciate, but like every young lady, I'm growing, I'm maturing and finding myself at 16 years old discovering the joys and pains of the world we live in.

We all have to go through our own experiences of growing up.

My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.

Playing four years of college, you learn a lot; you learn more about yourself than anything.

There's so many great coming-of-age movies to steal from, and I feel like I just tried to steal from them all equally.

I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a coming of age film of a character, 'Vaaranam Ayiram' worked with the audience.