Lloyd Alexander's tales were written and published when I was in diapers. Decades later, they remain utterly timeless for me. I cannot recommend them enough.
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Related When I did a study of all the coming-of-age movies that meant a lot to me, whether it was 'The G... STEPHEN CHBOSKY When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and '... R. L. STINE Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters... JEFF KINNEY In the '80s, when I was watching Bond films in the cinemas, Roger Moore was the man. I'll al... RHYS DARBY When I did 'Cyrano' for Roundabout, I was originally supposed to direct and play the title r... DOUGLAS HODGE I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales a... AMY TAN In 1996, when my first novel, 'Masquerade,' was published, I knew international thrillers - ... GAYLE LYNDS When fairy tales are written in the west, they're known as folklore. In the east, fairy tales ar... PAUL HENDERSON Fairy tales were the door to the world of imagination for me as a child, that land I often lived in ... REGAN WALKER They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash. JONATHAN COE They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash. JONATHAN COE My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the ... DAVID ALAN GRIER I'm fascinated by the way early experiences haunt and revisit you, remain present in your life f... KHALED HOSSEINI Do people choose the art that inspires them — do they think it over, decide they might prefer the ... ALICE HOFFMAN When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of 'Once upon a time' ... JUSTINE LARBALESTIER If you look at the beginning of children's entertainment in literature, the first books that wer... LEE UNKRICH I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translati... KATE BERNHEIMER My favourite character in fiction was probably either James from 'James and the Giant Peach'... RUPI KAUR I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a publi... K. A. APPLEGATE We always ask them why. They were essentially fishing for something that was not in the published ph... MARCUS DONNER I always had an eye toward the stage for the story of Hamilton's life, but I began with the idea... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial ma... CHARLES GUGGENHEIM Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford th... MACKENZIE CROOK Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indul... JOYCE CAROL OATES It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their att... JACK ZIPES What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn't car... COLIN FARRELL I had written two or three books before my husband noticed that in every one of them a family member... JENNY NIMMO I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change the... STANLEY TUCCI I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little. JACKIE JACKSON When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to an... RALPH BROWN In general, I prefer to record all traumas and save them for later, playing them over and over so th... SLOANE CROSLEY Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were friends and the last people I expected would predecease me. They we... BARRY HUMPHRIES I lived in a world where social arrangements were taken for granted and assumed to be timeless. A ch... DREW GILPIN FAUST My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for... DAMIAN LEWIS When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for ins... LAMAR ALEXANDER When I was young and it was someone's birthday, I didn't have the money to buy nice presents... DAVID HENRIE At times I've got a really big ego. But I'll tell you the best thing about me. I'm some ... JOHN DENVER When I started at Bloomingdale's as a buyer, Alexander's was a discounter across the street,... MICKEY DREXLER Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheime... PATTI DAVIS Once upon a time, I was a little girl sick in the hospital, and my mother gave me a copy of 'Gri... KATE FORSYTH Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the ... DAVID COPPERFIELD I read everything I could find in English - Twain, Henry James, Hemingway, really everything. And th... ALEKSANDAR HEMON Leopard print has been my thing forever! When I was a teenager my entire room was done in leopard pr... KHLOE KARDASHIAN I began visiting Lima's prisons back in 2007, when my first novel, 'Lost City Radio,' wa... DANIEL ALARCON At 11, I went to Misha's school for two summers. So when I wasn't in that school, I was taki... SASCHA RADETSKY I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only publi... TOM GLAZER A fan sent me a pair of fluffy winter socks, and I was like, 'Oh, that's cool. I'll wear... ELLA HENDERSON I can taste a meal and tell you every spice that's in there. I have taste buds like Betty Grable... LYNDA RESNICK Obviously, resilience matters. I was no stranger to adversity, but it's different when it's ... DAVID PETRAEUS Let me now praise the American writer James Dickey. In 1970, his novel 'Deliverance' was pub... PAT CONROY I started with Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee and Lou Gossett, Jr. and the rest of the wonderful cast o... GLYNN TURMAN Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter&... REGINA BRETT When people recommend to me a book for personal reasons, that's what makes it fun to read. It... NELL ZINK If I were a girl, I always like Chanel. It's so stylish and timeless. So I like Karl Lagerfeld a... TIESTO I had a high school English teacher who made me really work at writing. And once, when I got an assi... ANDREW CLEMENTS I didn't know what was going to happen with 'Teen Wolf.' I was only scheduled to do four... ADELAIDE KANE Sometimes we want something so much that God will have us give it up so we can grow (I CANNOT REMEMBER) James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught - I didn... BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben... BETH ORTON I can't apply $3 billion in capital to the tech industry. It wouldn't work. But in infrastru... DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said ... DONALD SUTHERLAND I worked with James Orange and Hosea Williams as a teenager, and he's portrayed in the movie by ... OMAR DORSEY They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the c... ARRIAN Rip Rig & Panic was a milestone for me, and I've always been really thankful that I did that... NENEH CHERRY I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had... ELLEN DEGENERES James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. DIANA GABALDON I have one coach and one coach only. His name is Alexander Vetrov. They brought him in for me when I... DAVID HALLBERG I'd never been published when I was young. JACK VANCE I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Go... VALERIE AZLYNN It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by peopl... EUDORA WELTY Taylor was named after James Taylor and claims that she knows all the James Taylor songs, and I'... CHARLIE PUTH I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo... JOHN IRVING Fairy tales, before they were sanitized, were very dark, and kids love that. 'Coraline' by N... EDWARD CAREY I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues l... DAVID QUAMMEN And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in ... DAVE FOLEY I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and... BEBE REXHA He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to d... ALAN JACKSON How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass an... PHILIPPE PETIT I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and... NORTON JUSTER It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show... ETHAN COEN I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, ... HELEN MIRREN I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout... DIKEMBE MUTOMBO Some people say that their pets will tell them when it's time to go. I don't believe that. N... JON KATZ I like James Franco. I think he's really cute. I remember a while ago there was a rumor going ar... MIRANDA COSGROVE When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they w... KHLOE KARDASHIAN I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It... ANN RULE My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've w... KATE THOMPSON I was thrilled for them (after districts) because when they were in eighth grade, they had potential... BECKY EMRICH When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic coura... DREW GILPIN FAUST I have written books and I cannot unwrite them. I cannot unbelieve what i believe. I cannot unlive m... HILARY MANTEL Interracial marriages were basically legalized, but nevertheless, there was a social stigma attached... MARK TAKANO Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published ... PATTY HEARST People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that wa... LAURYN HILL The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy ... ERIC BROWN When I was young, I ran to see Astaire and Rogers, Huston, Lubitsch - they were formative for me. I ... LINA WERTMULLER I like things that feel like they're timeless and really well made and tailored... things that m... JOHN LEGEND It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my... DEBORAH EISENBERG For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead. EVAN DANDO 'A Walk to Remember' was a huge movie for me. I thought Mandy Moore was the coolest thing th... BRITT ROBERTSON When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be... ROBERT FROST
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BALDWIN I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small dif... JAMES A. GARFIELD Yes, the life of an adult entails accepting and in some way being responsible for pain. JAMES A. AUTRY They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men. JAMES A. MICHENER American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything an... JAMES A. BALDWIN If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better... JAMES A. MICHENER If you walk 100 miles into the life you don't want. Often, you must walk those same 100 miles to get... JAMES A. MURPHY I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complain... JAMES A. MICHENER If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days of... JAMES A. MICHENER If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart; the spirit should... JAMES A. GARFIELD If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit sh... JAMES A. GARFIELD [Thomas] Carlyle believed that every man has a special duty to do in this world. If he had been aske... JAMES A. FROUDE Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. JAMES A. FROUDE Where would we be without salt? JAMES A. BEARD There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own e... JAMES A. BALDWIN Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attenti... JAMES A. FORBES Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to cont... JAMES A. BALDWIN A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. JAMES A. BALDWIN It's Elvish," Tummeler repeated. "It says, basically, 'Declare allegiance, and be welcomed." "W... JAMES A. OWEN Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, it... JAMES A. GARFIELD History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronolo... JAMES A. GARFIELD Right reason is stronger than force. JAMES A. GARFIELD Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor ju... JAMES A. GARFIELD If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a bra... JAMES A. GARFIELD Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best ... JAMES A. FROUDE Moving a magazine is like ordering 100,000 gallons of alphabet soup, to go. Last week, in Manhattan,... JAMES A. LINEN In minor crises, the preacher can extract himself emotionally and allow others to express grief and ... JAMES A. FORBES Hawaii and Fiji are two of the best island groups in the world to visit as a vacationer. The great h... JAMES A. MICHENER I want to be an honest man and a good writer. JAMES A. BALDWIN I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. JAMES A. MICHENER Justice and goodwill will outlast passion. JAMES A. GARFIELD By assuming control of Platinum before the expiration of the required waiting period while the Justi... CHARLES A. JAMES And no invader has ever conquered the heart of Poland, that spirit which is the inheritance of sons ... JAMES A. MICHENER This conduct prematurely reduced competition between the companies. Merging parties must strictly ad... CHARLES A. JAMES The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and ... JAMES A. FORBES Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. JAMES A. BALDWIN The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's ... JAMES A. BALDWIN The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limi... JAMES A. MICHENER The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life com... JAMES A. MICHENER It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. JAMES A. MICHENER I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. JAMES A. MICHENER If I were a young man today, I might be lured into the moviemaking industry. You can really make a s... JAMES A. MICHENER a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible chang... JAMES A. MICHENER Painful experiences are like scars in our minds. Some have healed and been forgotten. Others are the... JAMES A. MURPHY I am the product of the American education system. It is a system that has always been on the lookou... JAMES A. MICHENER I am a poor hater. JAMES A. GARFIELD I have only one bit of advice to the beginning writer: Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Ham... JAMES A. MICHENER