Bear Quote by Pat Conroy

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

— Anne Waldman

Writing this book was very therapeutic because it helped me face my relationship with my dad.

— Anonymous

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

— Alison Bechdel

Now it's dedicated to my grandparents and to both of my parents. The first book was dedicated to my mother so I thought maybe…

— Carrie Fisher

I sometimes wonder if I would have become a writer if what happened to my father hadn't happened.

— Hisham Matar

All my life, I've wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy who everybody…

— Scott Turow

I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was…

— Edmund White

I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or…

— Andrea Barrett

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel.

— Alain de Botton

The writer in my dad is someone whom I've been inspired greatly by since my childhood.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I'm going to write a…

— John Burnside