Absent Quote by Marie Calloway

How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

— Max Lucado

I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a…

— Jill Hennessy

The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write…

— Bruce Springsteen

When I was growing up, my parents thought there could be nothing better than being a writer. And at that time, society afforded that…

— Alissa Quart

I had good parents, and even though they weren't around, they were always an influence on me.

— John Rzeznik

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.

— Zachery Ty Bryan

I was writing from a very, very early age. My father used to write. He died early, and my mother was a schoolteacher, so…

— Derek Walcott

My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands of miles,…

— Nile Rodgers

I had great schooling, and my parents were always in front of me, or next to me, or behind me, making sure I had…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Growing up I had amazing parents who really let me be creative and free. I was the youngest of three by six years, the…

— Julie Taymor

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of…

— George Lopez

I had the benefit of parents who believed deeply in my ability. And they were teenagers when they had me - they were teenagers…

— Sunny Hostin