Away from home Quote by Anna Deavere Smith

I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away from the immediate world around me.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Spending a lot of time away from home was strange. My parents visited me, obviously, but I was in hospital a lot, alone. And…

— Maggie O'Farrell

I tried to get as far away from home as possible after I graduated from high school because I had a hard time being…

— Catherine Opie

I spent most of my adult life trying to get as far away from my folks as possible.

— Oliver Luck

I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it…

— Ransom Riggs

I wanted to go away from home, but not too far from home.

— Tavon Austin

I feel like I've spent a lot of time imagining home and thinking about a dream-like place, as opposed to a real place, because…

— Wangechi Mutu

When I look back, there was obviously the arch of my creativity and when I was young, I used to go to open homes…

— Jeremiah Brent

Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere.

— Ann Patchett

In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.

— Miriam Makeba

We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived…

— Jack Williamson

The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I…

— Carrie Underwood