Books Quote by Alejandro Zambra

I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life.

— Tracy K. Smith

Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a…

— John Hume

I don't expect to ever put my family background to rest but I do expect to be taken seriously as a scholar, a writer…

— Chesa Boudin

My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both.

— Hilaria Baldwin

My sister and I were born in Chile and raised in the States, and my little brothers were born in the States and raised…

— Pedro Pascal

When I fly to Chile to surf or go snowboarding in Russia or some other adventure, I try to include the family when I…

— Laird Hamilton

Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers.

— Sue Monk Kidd

I think that's actually what draws me to family stories: the various roles we each play with each member of our families, and how…

— Christopher Castellani

I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is Uruguayan. In fact,…

— Sebastian Arcelus

What draws me to family... if I were a psychiatrist, I'd say an enormous amount of unresolved personal material. If I were an anthropologist,…

— A.M. Homes

There's so much written about my family, some true, mostly not true, and I felt that it's not something I want to add to.

— Shweta Bachchan Nanda

I have my three brothers, and then I have my adopted sister from El Salvador, who is actually the oldest. My brother and I…

— Carrie Coon