My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a... →
Madonna Ciccone
Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I... →
My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which is a silly thing to say.
Diane Cilento
I wanted to write something in a voice that was unique to who I was. And I wanted something that was accessible to the person who works at Dunkin... →
Sandra Cisneros
My father always defined my gender to my brothers. He'd say, 'This is your sister; you must take care of her.'
I realize that when I moved out of my father's house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of my own, a space of my own to... →
My father never wanted me to be a writer. He didn't - he came to terms with it maybe two years before he died. He wanted me to be a weather girl... →
I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking... →
I'm a third-culture child. It's an interesting concept. Having an American father, a South American mother, born in England, grew up in Hong... →
Marie-Chantal Claire
'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my... →
Eric Clapton