Anything Quote by John Irving

When I became a father, all that stuff rose up again from the back of my mind. I suddenly realised how uninvolved my father…

— Juergen Teller

If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as…

— R. Kelly

My whole life, I struggled to gain my fathers love and acceptance. But once I had it, I realized I lost myself getting there.…

— Avatar The Last Air Bender

The fact I didn't have my father in my life shaped the way it's gone. And it shaped the way I interact with men…

— Alison Hammond

I lost my biological father when I was 9, I lost my stepfather at 23. Both men had such a deep impact in my…

— Dia Mirza

When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was, and that my real…

— Gloria Steinem

I was brought up by a father and mother who were radically different.

— Robert Lepage

When I was growing up, I never really knew my father. I didn't get to know my father until I was about 14 years old.

— Cole Hauser

I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was…

— Gerard Butler

The principal event of my childhood was that no adult in my family would tell me who my father was.

— John Irving

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me…

— Kate DiCamillo

At the point when I lost my father, it really made me want to be like a father and be like my father. It…

— Scottie Pippen