Bill Bryson Grew Quotations

I grew up, really, in the days before air conditioning. So I can remember what it was like to be really hot, for instance, and I can remember what it was like when your barber shop and your local stores weren't air conditioned, so it was hot when you went in them and they propped the doors open.

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted -- stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.