I've had some tremendous adventures, good and bad. It's part of the novel, and a novel isn't interesting if it doesn't have some good and bad. And you don't know what good is if bad hasn't been a part of your life Lynn Johnston More Quotes by Lynn Johnston More Quotes From Lynn Johnston When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school. Lynn Johnston beautiful children school In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too. Lynn Johnston self humble enemy Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it. Lynn Johnston enlightened couple church I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage. Lynn Johnston tough lucky wonderful The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it! Lynn Johnston singers running ideas Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church. Lynn Johnston stay-strong mom inspiring My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary. Lynn Johnston educated vocabulary mother I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence. Lynn Johnston self-confidence first-time firsts On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one. Are you awake, or are you dreaming? You see people and things; some are familiar; some are strange. You talk, you feel, but you move without walking; you fly without wings. Your mind and your body exist, but on separate planes. Time stands still. For me, this is the feeling I have when ideas come. Lynn Johnston dream morning lying But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy. Lynn Johnston married miserable guy Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part of my heart. He's going to broadcasting college now, and he'll do fine. But he came into a world that did not welcome him. Lynn Johnston college heart world The emphasis in doing any in-depth photography is on building relationships, quality relationships. It's what I call thirty-cups-of-coffee-a-frame photography. You need to enter into the community - not just photographically, but intellectually and emotionally. Lynn Johnston coffee community photography Its taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now. Lynn Johnston taken long fall And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. Lynn Johnston play character father Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People don't get to put them in the paper like I do. Lynn Johnston paper doe people But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home. Lynn Johnston mother home children I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths. Lynn Johnston crazy parent sound You see, anything I imagined, I could draw. Lynn Johnston could anything see you Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby. Lynn Johnston parents child me proud That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost. Lynn Johnston man mother men father
