“For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLongKidsAgeFightingFeltParentProveLong TimeAdultsTreatedPeersCockySavvy Author:Ezra Miller
“I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.” KnowsWritingLongYoungTeacherReaderLong TimeAdultsYoung AdultLibrarian Author:Veronica Roth
“One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me.” WorldLongStillsReasonJobsGuyRolesWiseLike YouTypeLong TimeModelsAdultsPressureBillsOddRole ModelsGrandfatherLong Time AgoYour Best Friend Author:Kevin Smith
“Meadowlark inspired me to play for a long time. I thought, 'If he could do it, I can do it.' The legacy that Meadowlark leaves is something that every child and adult can benefit from.” IfsChildrenLongI CanPlayCan DoBenefitsLong TimeAdultsInspiredLegacyI Can Do ItMeadowlarks Author:Robert Parish
“I had a boyfriend for a long time and I've never really been single as an adult.” LongLong TimeAdults Author:Erin Heatherton
“The second guy I met on the Internet was Tom, who I dated for around 6 months, which is by far the longest relationship I've ever had as an adult. We long distance dated mostly, chatting everyday for a long time on FB chat and Skype. It's hard to imagine a more genuinely caring and kind individual. I owe a lot to him.” KindLongHardGuyIndividualImagineMonthsInternetMetsLong TimeAdultsDistanceEverydayCaringTomsLong DistanceChattingSkype Author:Marie Calloway
“I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living on student wages, then after I got my MA and started teaching, I lived on teacher's wages, which isn't much better.” LongPoorTeacherTeachingStudentsCollegeLong TimeAdultsWagesLiving OnCollege StudentsLife Living Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.” ChildrenLongActorsActingTakenLong TimeAdultsHardestHardest ThingChild Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.” WritingLongKidsSchoolRealizingAnswersMysteryMiddleStudentsTaughtLong TimeAdultsBack WhenMiddle School Author:Rick Riordan
“I'm excited about turning 40. I've been an adult for a long time, but there is a difference between being an adult and being a grown-up. I'm someone's mummy now and I'm enjoying that. I feel as if I'm about to hit my peak.” IfsFeelsLongEnjoyDifferencesLong TimeAdultsExcitedMummyTurning 40 Author:Jill Scott
“A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing around doing tedious tasks under the instruction of a bossy adult." In time, however, people realized that the children could be allowed to sit, and the first school was invented.” PeopleFirstsMeanChildrenLongSchoolLong TimeAdultsStandingTasksTradePhrasesInstructionLong Time AgoTediousBossy Author:Daniel Handler
“It's funny how when you're little, you miss all the little lies. They float right past you, but you don't wonder about them much. For a long time, you think this is just something adults still do after being kids - pretend.” ThinkingWorldBelieveLittlesLongStillsKidsPastLyingRealizingWonderMissingOne DayLong TimeAdultsBuiltWake UpFloatsMake BelieveBeing A Kid Author:Virginia C. Andrews
“Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.” LongLong TimeAdultsDecidedExcuseSophieMaking Up Book:The First Codex Source: The First Codex