To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
Witches were part of my imaginary childhood playground, so I wanted to make an archetypal fairytale about the mythic idea of what New England was to me as a kid.
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.
My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.
I was MCing in the playground, spitting lyrics over mobile phones - Sony Ericsson, Walkmans, W810s, the Teardrop Nokia phones, all of that. Vital equipment! I never even had a DJ set where a DJ's playing vinyl, and I'm spitting.
Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.
In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
I like to turn the venue into a jungle gym, into my playground.
My playground is full of moonshine, mason jars, beer bottles, and bonfires.
My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.
I used to try to bully my friends into imitating the Spice Girls on the playground.