My third mother is my paternal grandmother. Her name is…

My paternal grandmother, Isabel, was a health nurse and a mother of four, and a grandmother of eight.

— Noah Reid

My paternal grandmother gave me the courage to investigate things and not take things at face value or judge people by what I first…

— Erykah Badu

My paternal grandmother would not light a fire on the Sabbath and piled all Sunday's washing-up in a bucket, to be dealt with on…

— Angela Carter

My paternal grandmother, Nanny Hadley, lived in a block of flats in London; you could see the corner post of the Arsenal football ground…

— Tony Hadley

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named…

— Horton Foote

“What came to me then was the voice of my paternal grandmother. She had told me once that every time Bego or Irfan returned…

— Ismet Prcic

I was named after my paternal grandmother, my dadi. She died before I was born, which is why my parents named me Amy.

— Amyra Dastur

My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I…

— Maya Angelou

My paternal grandmother drove ambulances during the regional Blitz, in Birmingham.

— Chris Cleave

My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I…

— Erykah Badu

“As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the same height,…

— Jan Karon

Bill Viola is worth ten Scorseses.

— Peter Greenaway

“He's a woman. He's a grown woman He's a old woman.”

— Patrick Ness

It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no…

— Dean Wareham

“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ”

— Patrick Ness