James Ivory Quotes

I had a picture-perfect childhood.

I lived an idyllic 'Huckleberry Finn' life in a tiny town. Climbing trees. Tagging after brothers. Happy. Barefoot on my pony. It was 'To Kill a Mockingbird'-esque.

Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.

I had a pretty happy, loved childhood.

In a lot of ways, I had a wonderful childhood.

I have no complaints about my childhood whatsoever.

I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me.

My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way.

I was fortunate enough to have a rambling youth.

I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.

My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and neither one of us knew we were poor. We had nothing, but we didn't know it.

It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.

Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.

I had such a pure upbringing - my childhood was a really happy time.

I remember being with my mum eating marmalade on toast watching 'Inspector Gadget,' 'Sharky and George,' 'The Pink Panther,' and 'Thundercats,' stuff like that. Those were the days - no idea how brutal the world is.

I can say without reservation that I do not remember a day in our childhood without laughter.

I could not have asked for a better childhood.

I love my childhood. It was a beautiful childhood.

I had an idyllic childhood with the freedom to go and play.

I was really lucky about two things about my life as a kid: I had awesome parents, and I had awesome peers.

I would say my childhood was amazing.

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends

A happy childhood is perhaps the most-fortunate gift in life.