adulthood quotes

I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is – this thing that happens to everyone, so I’ve heard.

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

When I was writing ‚Kitchen Confidential,‘ I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

A child wants things to be a certain way. When you get to be an adult, you just understand that some people are good, some are not, and you can’t be naive.

It’s different from being 21 and you think there’s endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you’re 52.