I pecked my stories out two-fingered on the Remington portable typewriter my mother had bought me. I had begged for it when I was ten.
Octavia E. Butler
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends... →
My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
Yancy Butler
My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on... →
I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid... →
A. S. Byatt
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
Robert Byrne
My dad was a Muslim and would pray five times a day. I would pray with him as much as I could, in the morning before school. Sometimes he would tell... →
Bat for Lashes
Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith... →
Tom Hooper
When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected... →
I've felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father's family. She was a powerful... →
Anthony Hopkins