David Almond Quotes

I get a little scared of words like maturity.

I felt different at 29 because 29, to me, is 30. There are times when I still feel like an actual toddler in a grown-up - well, semi-grown-up - body.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

What makes Hulk afraid? It's himself. It's a version of himself that's weak. It's a version of himself that's vulnerable. It's a child inside of him.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.

I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.

I'm afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I'm afraid they'll mock me, think I'm ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I'm used to not being taken seriously, but only the 'light-hearted' Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the 'deeper' Anne is too weak.

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not much of a fighter.

Toddlerhood, I just knew I was the farthest thing from a man. I've known that my whole life.

Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

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

I say you are a coward and you are; I think you hunt only to reassure yourself that you are not what you are: the weakest thing to ever walk the Earth. He will come for me and then we will be gone, and you will be helpless for all your hunting, because Westley and I are joined by the bond of love and you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords.

It's [high school] an interesting time in your life because you're trying to act older and mature but you really have no idea what you're doing. You're scared and it's okay to be scared. It's okay to not know completely what you want or what you should be doing and to stumble a little bit.

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.

It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street and be frightened of someone because you're not in good shape and can't do anything about it.

I'm kind of stupid.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

There's a confidence that comes from youth and not knowing better. But there comes a point, as an actor, when you do know better, and that is when the fear starts.

I feel extremely vulnerable.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.

When you're physically growing up, you develop emotionally with that.

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old.