Family Quote by Lucinda Williams

I learned about community organizing from my parents. As a child, their stories were so instructive.

— Cory Booker

I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy…

— Sonia Braga

I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my…

— Zoe Foster Blake

...I knew I wanted to be permanently self-supporting and I vaguely thought I might work somewhere in the realm of ideas. I felt that…

— Rheta Childe Dorr

When I moved back home, I took the initiative to involve my entire family in my career because I didn't find that anyone else…

— Mya

My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to…

— Sissy Spacek

I was raised in a group home for 14 years, so I was a beneficiary of philanthropy. I didn't have a family. The nameless,…

— Darell Hammond

I'm from a family of educators. I grew up with books in my house and in my hands and my parents in my life.

— Vic Mensa

I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation,…

— Stephen Hunter

I grew up in a really supportive environment.

— Ryan Leaf

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.

— Anne Lamott

I was a very driven person, wanting to help and to do good, hopefully to write and teach in a meaningful way - wanting…

— Mark Nepo