“I grew up in a community where it was not the exception to be a good girl. It was sort of expected. And all of my friends were good girls too, and my boyfriends were good boys. Everybody was pretty nice. And that affects how I write my characters. There aren't very many bad guys in my novels.” WritingCharacterGuyGirlCommunityBoysNovelNiceGrewGrew UpMy FriendsExpectedExceptionBad GuysMy BoyfriendGood GirlGood Boy Author:Stephenie Meyer
“It's nice to be important but it's even more important to be nice. I grew up in a world where there were a lot of big physical guys...and woman so it's always important to be nice to me.” WorldImportantBigsGuyNiceGrewGrew UpBeing Nice Author:Dwayne Johnson
“My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.” IfsWantGivingYearsChildrenStillsTwoWarUsedMotherCertainThreeFatherNiceGrewGrew UpCapableDiedRaisedTwo YearsNice ThingsPeanutsPensionFather DiedTwo Year OldsMy Father DiedThriftyParsimony Author:Giulio Andreotti
“I do get starstruck working with Bruce because even though he is such a nice guy he's a real movie star. I grew up watching his movies it is just really hard to get used to just being around Bruce Willis. I mean, he's Bruce Willis!” MeanRealHardUsedGuyStarsNiceGrewGrew UpJust BeingMovie StarNice Guy Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.” ThinkingKnowsKindGuyNiceBrotherGrewDadOffersGrew UpMy DadGet UpSeatsBusPoliteCourtesyNice ThingsOld LadyCourteousYounger Brother Author:Paul McCartney
“I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can.” I CanPlayNiceGrewGrew UpIceLeagueHockeyPickups Author:Robbie Amell