Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

I used to be a child. It came naturally to me. I was an adult for a time, too. That came less naturally.

It's always a really great feeling when I talk to people who watched 'Jett Jackson' because we were the same age. We were all kids. I was 13 when I started working on that show, and that was part of my childhood.

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.

For many of us, the curtain had just come down on childhood.

What is the use of being a little boy if you are growing up to be a man.

I wanted the Andy of Toy Story 3 to be right on the cusp, straddling childhood and adulthood ... I wanted to find this sweet spot where he had gotten tall and had clearly grown up but still retained many boyish qualities, including a boyish charm.

The child from nine to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings. There are never any endings.

Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older.

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 wasn't a child at 13, were you?

You get 12 years of childhood, give or take.

Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

A certain point came when I wanted to document growing-up adventures.

If you make a film about childhood, you've got to pick a moment - you know, 'The 400 Blows.'

Whether it's 1970, 1990, or 2010, kids will be going through the same experiences.

'Chhichhore' is not just a story, it is a journey that everyone goes through. The film showcases some of the most beautiful years of one's life, where friends become family and stay with you till you age.

If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely about my adolescence, and that period was completely dominated by electronic music.

I first read 'Tom Sawyer' when I was in 8th grade, 13 years old. I realised since that Mark Twain just bottled what it felt like to be a child.

I always wanted to make a coming-of-age film, or something about growing up, like 'The Wonder Years,' 'Stand By Me' or 'Diner.'

You'd go back to school and your friends would say, 'What you get for Christmas?' You got to make up a lie. 'I got this, this and this.' It's all part of growing up and everyone has a different story. It made me who I am today.