“It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.” MenWantWritingTryingKidsJobsCultureCausesSoundPopsMy TimeOld ManPop Culture Author:R. L. Stine
“This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux Indian warrior in his former life. Native American culture was always big in my house - I don't know why.” KnowsMenBigsKidsUsedCultureHouseSoundWarriorFormerIndianNativeOld ManNative AmericanAmerican CultureFormer LifeNative American Culture Author:Marc Forgione
“When you're a kid, somebody's mid-forties, you think they're an old man. Then you grow up and it's like, I was a kid.” ThinkingMenKidsGrowsGrowing UpFortyOld Man Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.” MenWellsKindSaidHardKidsYoungGuyNextLeftLinesWatchesFiveMinutesFieldsOne DayWeaknessSittingBallsLeagueOld ManDishesHelplessFenceCurvesFive MinutesBack And ForthPitcherRobinsRibsBattingCatchersWagnerLeft Field Author:Burleigh Grimes