I had a nice childhood, even though I grew up in hotels.

I always have roles with a depressing childhood for some reason. I have a nice childhood, so I don't know why.

— Sophia Lillis

I had a nice childhood. War and all the experiences affected me as a person and helped me to grow, to change.

— Novak Djokovic

We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible…

— Peter Jurasik

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my…

— Nikki Giovanni

Mine wasn't a lakes-and-boats kind of childhood. I grew up on a Glasgow council estate with a single mother. For our holidays, we went…

— Kelly Macdonald

I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.

— Mary Meeker

(Talks about her childhood) I grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Reading, PA. It was the most magical fun childhood. We had…

— Taylor Swift

My whole childhood I grew up wanting to be a professional basketball player.

— Becky Hammon

I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure…

— Damian Marley

my childhood grew thin and flat, paperlike. It was tired and threadbare, and in low moments it didn't look like it would last until…

— Tove Ditlevsen

“Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising?”

— Mona Rodriguez

That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening,…

— Satish Kumar

I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved.

— Anne Wojcicki

Whatever money I made, I did not buy an apartment or a car: I bought plane tickets and hotels and experiences.

— Shenaz Treasury

I travel all over the world, usually 10 months out of the year. I stay at a lot of hotels, and the ones I…

— Nobu Matsuhisa