Philip Roth Quotes

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.

When you're young - I probably still am at 23, though I don't feel so young anymore - you have your ups and downs.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you're a grownup, but it's not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.

When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it.

My maturity level is rising. I think there are certain situations that I'm handling better than in the past.

I think that growing up is something that you should do gradually.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.

I'm not getting old I'm evolving.

I'm totally growing up.

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

One should mature over 20 years.

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

I've been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it's happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.

I think I may have to grow up without growing old. I think we're going to have to define differently what I'm going to be. We're going to have to define my growing up differently.

It's easy to say you're more mature because all of a sudden you have a child, but it's a process.

The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.

If I'm not getting older and more mature at 31, then something's wrong.