Janet Fitch Quotes

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

Recently I read the stories I wrote in my early 20s, to put in a volume. And here is this brittle young woman, writing about marriage as, not the worst thing, but the most boring thing that could happen to a person. Now I think I was wrong. I like to be proven wrong.

Maybe in my 20s I was a little more lively. But I'm done with that.

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.'

When we're 16, we have lots of heavy thoughts. And these are the heavy thoughts, where, when we're in our 30s, we look at 16-year olds and sort of scorn it.

There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

I used to just write about my own apathy, but that youthful, apathetic way of looking at things grew thin as I got older.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

At 20 years old, I was better at playing with toys than I was as a kid.

You know what, being in my 30s is so much better than my 20s.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences - beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in a while you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you.

It's interesting how things you hear as a kid take on a whole new meaning when you are an adult.

I am all the ages I've ever been.

I think whether you've got children or not you're just more aware of others as you get out of your 20s.

At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.

I don't miss my youth. I'm glad I had one, but I wouldn't like to start over.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

By the time you are in your thirties, most of the time, you've got a job, you can pay for your rent, you can create this nice world around you. And still, you're only in your thirties - you're not that far away from your twenties, which is when you're making all of your stupid mistakes.

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.