“For me surfing is just something that I love to do. I grew up surfing, is sort of like a family requirement. I can't imagine my life without it. But I am not defined by it, nor is my music. They are very separate.” I CanImagineGrewGrew UpDefinedRequirementsSurfing Author:Tristan Prettyman
“I began thinking about why am I constructing almost a shadow father or ghost father in my head into Graham Greene in response to the father who created me? What's going on here? I think a part of my sense is it's every boy's story. When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own individuality, making your own destiny and actually running away from your parents and your home and what you grew up with.” ThinkingMeanStoriesHomeRunningKidsFatherParentBoysDestinyImagineGrewGrew UpShadowResponseIndividualityGhostRunning AwayImagine ThatCharting Author:Pico Iyer
“If I grew up in a different background, I could see myself getting a gun and shooting an abortionist. That's my job, to imagine what could happen, what can make people go in different directions.” PeopleIfsDifferentHappensJobsImagineGrewGrew UpGunBackgroundsShootingDifferent DirectionsDifferent Backgrounds Author:Todd Solondz
“Maybe it's because I grew up during the MTV generation, but to me a perfect song is one I can imagine a music video to, a song that can take you into a dream.” I CanDreamSongPerfectImagineGenerationsGrewGrew UpVideoMtv Author:Dan Chaon
“I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked to have read as a child. So whenever I write, I imagine myself, as a youth, reading my books, being thrilled by the incredible advances being made in physics and science.” WritingChildrenMadeBookReadingImagineYouthGrewGrew UpResearchIncrediblesPhysicsPhysicistTheoretical Author:Michio Kaku