“My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some sort of gift and when it came time to try to find a publisher I had a little bit of an "in" because I had his agent I could turn to, to at least read my initial offerings when I was about 20. But the only problem was that they were just awful, they were just terrible stories and my agent, who ended up being my agent, was very, very sweet about it, but it took about four years until I actually had something worth trying to sell.” WritingTryingYearsLittlesStoriesProblemTurnsReadingFatherBitsFourSweetGrewTerribleLittle BitGrew UpSellsAwfulAgentsFour YearsOfferingPublishersInitialsWriting And ReadingVery Sweet Author:Anne Lamott
“If we're honest, most of us would accept that a bad boss is a little bit like a bad father or a bad husband ... you find that he tends to do more good than harm. He might be a bad boss but at least he's employing someone while he is in fact a boss.” IfsLittlesFactsMightFatherBitsAcceptingHonestHusbandLittle BitHarmBossEmployingBad Husband Author:Tony Abbott
“I feel like the personal me and the artistic me are separate, but connected. It's almost like a Jekyll and Hyde thing. As much as you try to keep them apart, they end up together. I'm very much aware that when I'm miserable on the creative side - if I can't make things work a certain way - it really detracts from being the father I want to be. So in order to ultimately be a good father and the man I want to be I know I need to keep my creative side in check, or at least a little bit happy. It's weird how it's intertwined that way.” IfsKnowsMenWayWantNeedsFeelsTryingLittlesI CanEndsTogetherCertainOrderFatherBitsSidesCreativeHe ManLittle BitConnectedChecksMiserableArtisticIntertwinedGood FatherHydeJekyllJekyll And Hyde Author:Frank Iero
“My father and I had a good relationship, it was very relaxed. He had a lot of humour. He looked a little bit like me, although he had no beard. He had the appearance of a very elegant British-looking man.” MenLittlesFatherBitsHumourLittle BitAppearanceBritishLike MeRelaxedElegantBeardGood Relationship Author:Michael Haneke
“I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit.” ThinkingMenLooksLittlesFatherBitsLittle BitMirrors Author:Christopher Walken
“I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit and finally we ended up in Georgia. I grew up playing softball and at the age of nine I decided I was going to be an Olympian.” LittlesAgeFatherBitsBornFootballGrewLittle BitGrew UpDecidedNineBunchCaliforniaChicagoGeorgiaSoftballAtlantaOlympianFalcon Author:Elana Meyers
“I remember when my father was dying, I remember listening to Bjork, and listening to John Coltrane, and these things, and I don't know why but music has the power to transcend your physical being and take you up just a little bit.” KnowsLittlesRememberFatherBitsDyingListeningLittle BitRemember WhenColtrane Author:Wayne Coyne
“I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to my father's judgment. But, of course, he's such a fond father that he always writes back, saying it's the greatest thing ever written.” WritingLittlesBookCoursesFatherBitsWrittenJudgmentLittle BitNew BooksWince Author:Emma Donoghue
“My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure we needed. We depended on him to give us a little bit of strength and courage.” GivingLittlesCultureFatherBitsFiguresNeededElementsLittle BitWarm Author:John Edgar Wideman