One of the interesting things about YA books - I don't know about Percy Jackson, but I do know about 'Twilight' and… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of… — Kidada Jones Copy Share Image
When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes,… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.' When I was in the… — Angela Featherstone Copy Share Image
I've gotten much better at multi-tasking. It's hard, though. But, writing a script is not totally focused. You're taking little breaks, all… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to direct since I was a kid. That was something I was always fascinated by and wanted to… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
One of those strange things that happens in movies is that you need someone to actually say people's names, or else you… — John August Copy Share Image
Just like in the art museum, and notions of beauty and pleasure, if the hero is always a white guy with a… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the… — Lester Patrick Copy Share Image
I am not a huge fan of the Celtic Tiger; I was so glad that you could see people being prosperous, that… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
I'd like somebody to get rid of the death tax. That's what I want. I don't want to get taxed just because… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
If you subscribe to the idea that # addiction is a disease, it is startling to see how many of these children… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Foreign policy is about trying to deliver for them the best possible economic benefits, the chance to travel, to study, to work,… — Catherine Ashton Copy Share Image
Mafia guys are all just insecure people who want their money. They're like little seven-year old kids when they don't get their… — Ray Liotta Copy Share Image
If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us… — Barbara Coloroso Copy Share Image
But there was something psychological happening there that was just a little bit different. And the other thing was, there was no… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Most little children's obsessions are robots and Barbie dolls. My obsession as a kid was the Versace house. I used to save… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
We're setting up an urban farm for kids on more than 20 acres in New Orleans. We want to make this a… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
I was a great one as a kid for standing and just looking out a window for hours and hours and hours.… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I was a kid who sometimes got in trouble because I couldn't keep my mouth shut, which turned out to be an… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I don't want to speak for all people who don't have children, but maybe there's a discomfort with kids and the amount… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
“I had to ask Scottie what TYVM meant, because now that I’ve narrowed into her activities, I notice she is constantly text-messaging… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Copy Share Image
When I opened my mouth to sing as a kid, I kind of randomly had a really good singing voice. And so… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
Christians have created a holiday that has become a beast that cannot be fed. Christmas gets longer and longer and longer, and… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
When [ Paul Johnson] got to me he was in trouble, because I'm an old-fashioned conservative: married when I was 21, stayed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every time I read anything, whether it be a book, a script or anything, I automatically imagine myself as the boy in… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
I've got five kids and I'm married, Tommy's got two kids and he's been married, Vince just got married again, Mick's out… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
If I compared myself to my kids, they know everything, and they're like small little hackers. I feel also that my identity… — Michael Nyqvist Copy Share Image
When we were all kids, there was one particular trailer that I think we can all remember. That was the trailer for… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
There's a lot of important issues being brought to the world about America's role in proliferating weapons, about the lack of responsibility… — Guy Lawson Copy Share Image
I want everybody to succeed. It's just part of who I am. I probably do that with my kids tenfold. I'm as… — Lisa Rinna Copy Share Image
I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands, and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial… — Chloe Sevigny Copy Share Image
“When I first met Cara, she was twelve and angry at the world. Her parents had split up, her brother was gone,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There's a lot of rudeness and sullen behavior and kids that are very entitled and spoiled, just buy me more stuff. I… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I felt like a kid standing in the world's greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
One thing that's interesting is that whenever something starts, like the school year when you were a kid, it feels like such… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image