“From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.” ShouldWritingBookIdeasAgeConsciousnessFiveFourGrewSixGrew UpShould HaveTwentiesDown AndSettlingAbandonSooner Or LaterTrue NatureSeventeenSettling Down Book:A Collection of Essays Source: A Collection of Essays
“I think Bob [Dylan] told me that he turned down twenty interviews that year, and I was the only one that he sat down and did an interview with. And, he said that it was one of his highlights, and it was one of my highlights. And, I was very glad to talk with Bob. I found out that he was a good fan of mine, and that tickled me.” ThinkingYearsSaidFoundFansMinesTwentiesDown AndGladSatInterviewsBobDylanHighlightsTurned Down Author:Ralph Stanley
“Someday when you're twenty, maybe, I'll see you again. You'll be this hot soccer star at some great school, with a million guys more interesting than I am chasing you down. And you know what? I'll see you and I'll pray you want me still.” KnowsWantStillsSchoolGuyStarsInterestingMillionsPrayingTwentiesHotDown AndSoccerSomedayWant MeChasingYou AgainYou Want MeGreat Schools Book:The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection
“When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.” MayLongAgeYoungSpiritDiesYouthOptimismTwentiesDown AndAgingWaveSnowIceCoveredPessimismCynicismEightyThere Is HopeDie Young Author:Samuel Ullman
“Once I got to be about twenty-five, I got interested in the music of the time. I started smokin' dope, I started drinking, I started slowing down and trying to find myself. I didn't want to work in nightclubs.” WantTryingFiveTwentiesDown AndDrinkingSlow DownDopeTwenty FiveSlowingNightclubs Author:Gregory Hines
“I'm the original hunter-down-of-fabulous-things. Twenty years ago I sat down and decided that I would create a really wonderful image, an unforgettable image. And now I'm kind of stuck with it. It's like when I don't wear my fringy, gypsy stuff, people kind of look at me like, 'What's wrong?” PeopleYearsLooksKindStuffWonderfulYears AgoDecidedTwentiesOriginalsDown AndStuckSatLook At MeFabulousHuntersGypsyUnforgettable Author:Stevie Nicks