Now You Grow

Maya Angelou, Stephen Sondheim, and the price of maturity

We’re obsessed with coming-of-age stories. They fill our books, our screens, our stages—tales of transformation, of innocence lost and wisdom gained. But these stories often simplify what it means to grow up. Maya Angelou, in conversation with journalist Bill Moyers, challenged this notion with an unflinching declaration:

Most people don’t grow up. It’s …