I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader... →
Andrew Wyeth
My father died during open-heart surgery on March 29 of my senior year in college. I was getting set to go to law school. I remember sitting in the... →
Steve Wynn
I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That... →
Magdi Yacoub
Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen... →
Martin Yan
I don't remember my parents together, ever: my father was much older, and really only interested in collecting magazines and bathroom suites; we... →
Paula Yates
My father had the bug. Ever since I can remember walking, he was waking me up at 5 in the morning to go to flea markets. As a kid, I couldn't... →
Dustin Yellin
George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and... →
Peter York
My mother died of cystic fibrosis before I knew her. I was two years old, and I don't remember her. I do remember, though, when it was just my... →
John Lloyd Young
I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked... →
Toby Young
Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who... →