Kathryn Stockett Quotes

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

It's a beautiful thing at 60 to know who you are.

I'm one of those people that makes a better adult than I did a kid.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

At 20 years old, I was better at playing with toys than I was as a kid.

But I had a strong reaction to my first three albums and I struggle with them now, as an adult. It's very much the same as looking at your teenage photos in high school.

I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.

As I grow older, I like to think I'm getting a little bit more mature.

It's interesting how things you hear as a kid take on a whole new meaning when you are an adult.

It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to infer. But our wiser years still run back to the despised recollections of childhood. . . .

Of course you do things differently in your 30s and 40s than in your 20s.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out.

I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier than any outfit.

I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of hard to believe.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

Evolving into a middle-aged person is quite interesting if we can understand what it means. I would like to think it meant being a bit sure of what I want.

I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that.

I just remember that pivotal moment when you're a young adult, and you realize that these authority figures are human beings, too, and they're figuring out their lives just as you are, and they're flawed.

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

At 21, there's lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older.

So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age.

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.

Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.