Book Quote by Lisa Whelchel

There's something about the alchemy of the show - the actors, the writers, the directors, the editors - that makes 'Parenthood' unique. You get…

— Jason Katims

I've grown up well, partly because there weren't great girls' literature - Nancy Drew, maybe - but there weren't things. So there was Huck…

— Meryl Streep

I still think about the writers I loved when I was a kid.

— Dan Chaon

I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large…

— Jason Katims

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia

I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes and watched…

— Mike Epps

When I was a kid, I watched a lot of 'Twilight Zone.' My mother was obsessed with the show, as it was a staple…

— Kameron Hurley

When I was your age, television was called books.

— William Goldman

I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.

— Jamie Campbell Bower

My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter…

— Michael Easton

The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel very connected…

— Jason Katims

I read [The Women's Room] in my 20s, and I was like, "I understand this now." And now I've become a mom and read…

— June Diane Raphael