Sophie Dahl Quotes

To be honest, Peter Pan was one of those fairy tales that I sort of related to, and I think that's the case with a lot of kids. The whole idea of escapism really resonates with a lot of kids.

But the dream is never forgotten, only put aside and never out of reach: Where once the dream connected boys with the world of men, now it reconnects men with the spirit of boys.

I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy.

I feel, as an adult, I'm very similar to how I was as a pre-teen. Maybe it's a case of arrested development, but I feel like it's easy to slip back into those shoes, and I feel like if we were all magically transported back to our middle school years, we'd all act like we did in middle school.

I was a very earthly, matronly, plus-size little girl with a pure heart.

I think that the child in me is ever dominant, but that doesn't make me less of a woman.

I think that I was quite a grown-up child, and I have been a pretty childish adult.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

You and I who still enjoy fairy tales have less reason to wish actual childhood back. We have kept its pleasures and added some grown-up ones as well.

I'm sad for adults who want to be children. And children who want to be adults.

I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home, I don't want to be an actor. I just want to be a kid. I barely even know what money is.

I'm not trying to make myself look like a girl because I'm not a girl anymore. I'm very happy about being a grown woman.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get.

Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.

I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.

I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being.

I can't pretend to be a teenager, but I feel like I never really stopped being a teenager.

I am a kid. I'll always be a girl at heart.

Recently, I've really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults.

When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.

I love my Disney fans. A lot of the kids want to grow up and push away from that image, but I don't feel that way at all.

I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.