“My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.” WayLiteratureGoneBrotherMy BrotherEnglish Literature Author:Margaret Atwood
“Oh, absolutely. James Caan was the first movie star I'd ever met, much less worked with. He was an important person to me and my brothers and Wes. Bottle Rocket was the first movie for all of us. As you know, back then, [Caan] was having some career changes, I think.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsPersonsImportantStarsCareersBrotherMetsMy BrotherBottlesMovie StarRocketsImportant PersonCareer ChangeBottle Rocket Author:Luke Wilson
“I left my family, and I left my brother and sister, and I went and lived my dream. I saw everybody, but is it ever enough?” EnoughDreamLeftSawsBrotherMy FamilyMy BrotherBrothers And Sisters Author:Joan Jett
“Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.” KindPlayWantedGrowing UpGrowingBrotherOppositesGirlfriendMy BrotherRoughMy GirlfriendYangYin And Yang Author:Candis Cayne
“I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things.” MenMotherSportsUnderstandingBrotherGrewMomLoversGrew UpMalesMy BrotherManlyUnrealityBabysitter Author:Carly Simon
“When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.” IfsTryingLittlesUseKidsBitsBoysBrotherNeededLittle BitFeministMy BrotherHammersAlways TryingLawnsSkateboardingSnowboardingMowingMowing The Lawn Author:Daria Werbowy
“When I decided to write about my brother and friends, I was attempting to answer the question why. Why did they all die like that? Why so many of them? Why so close together? Why were they all so young? Why, especially, in the kinds of places where we are from? Why would they all die back to back to back to back? I feel like I was writing my way towards an answer in the memoir.” WayFeelsWritingKindTogetherYoungDiesAnswersBrotherDecidedMemoirMy WayMy BrotherAttempting Author:Jesmyn Ward
“When you have a family, even though you might move a lot, you collect all of these things. It's the detritus of your family and they become the symbols of your family life, and your unit out in the world. In that moment I wanted to allude to the fact that the way my parents' relationship was falling apart was impacting me and my brother, my parents, but also our symbols.” WorldWayMomentsFactsMightWantedMovingFallParentBrotherSymbolsOur FamilyMy BrotherThat MomentUnitsFalling ApartFamily Life Author:Jesmyn Ward
“Through the process of specifically writing this memoir, there was so much reckoning that I had to do. It was very difficult. It doesn't erase anything that happened, but I think that it was healthy for me to do it. The teenage self-loathing that I suffered from all of a sudden found itself turned into rapids with my grief after my brother died. I turned it inwards. In the same way that my mom processes her grief and her problems. This project, as a memoir, has helped me funnel it outwards.” ThinkingWayWritingSelfProblemFoundProcessDifficultGriefHappenedBrotherMomHealthyProjectsDiedMy MomMemoirMy BrotherTeenageRapidsEraseLoathingSelf LoathingReckoningBrother DiedMy Brother Died Author:Jesmyn Ward
“It felt like an indulgence. Going back was painful, but, at the same time, it was nice to live with them again for a few pages. I got to live with my brother again for the entire book. Of course as I'm writing the book, I'm getting closer and closer to the end and I know what that means. I knew exactly where I was heading. It was really difficult, but it was nice to make them come alive for those scenes. It was good.” KnowsWritingMeanBookEndsCoursesFeltDifficultNiceAliveBrotherScenePagesPainfulMy BrotherIndulgenceHeadings Author:Jesmyn Ward
“One of my brothers in my adopted family converted to Islam and I love him with all my heart. I have Muslim women who understand my pain and they give me lots of love and support. But what Black Americans never think about is that the African version of Islam is totally different from American Islam. They've never seen mothers doused in gasoline and set on fire for ’religious' reasons. So they don't know what I'm talking about.” ThinkingKnowsGivingHeartDifferentReasonPainMotherBlackReligiousTalkingSupportFireBrotherMy HeartGive MeIslamVersionsMy BrotherAdoptedI Love HimGasolineMuslim Women Author:Kola Boof
“My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are very normal. We have an understanding, I think, that what I do isn't quite down their alley.” ThinkingTryingParentUnderstandingReligiousPoorBrotherProtectNormalMy BrotherBrothers And SistersAlleysPoor Family Author:Alissa Nutting
“Music and songs have always been a constant part of my life, and still are. My brother Michael, who is a songwriter and composer, is the one who most fully inherited the musical legacy of our family, but I got some part of it - mostly the feel.” FeelsStillsSongBrotherConstantMusicalLegacyOur FamilyMy BrotherComposerSongwriters Author:Matthew Zapruder
“The best piece of advice I ever received about being a writer came from my brother Lee. I was just starting out and he told me that if I wanted to have a long career, I had to be versatile, that I shouldn't just think of myself in one way, because there would come a time when maybe that one thing wasn't working out for me - and I'd still want to earn a living as a writer.” IfsThinkingWayWantLongStillsWantedCareersPiecesOne ThingAdviceBrotherStartingWork OutOne WayMy BrotherStarting OutVersatileLong Careers Author:Tod Goldberg
“After my parents divorced, my father remarried and my brothers were born when I was twelve and sixteen. I was thunderstruck at these kids. The "baby-ness" of them. Their toes. I had never been around babies before.” KidsFatherParentBornBrotherBabyMy BrotherTwelveToesDivorcedSixteen Author:Leigh Newman
“Often, I think that my brothers were the reason I didn't do something really stupid in my teenage years; I didn't want to disappoint them. Even though was I was pretty committed to disappointing everybody else.” ThinkingWantYearsReasonStupidBrotherCommittedMy BrotherTeenageDisappointDisappointingTeenage YearsReally Stupid Author:Leigh Newman
“My brother is severely autistic, so when I was a kid I spent a lot of time as a teenager in camps and programs for autistic kids. When I went to McGill as an undergraduate, I figured I'd be a therapist working with these kids. The truth is, and I knew this even back then, I'm just not good at this. I'm too empathic to do this sort of thing.” KidsBrotherTruth IsProgramTeenagerMy BrotherCampsTherapistsAutisticUndergraduate Author:Paul Bloom
“I thought, giving Jeb Bush the benefit of the doubt all these years, that he was sitting, saying, what a numbnut, what an idiot. My brother's a fool. He's listening to these neocons that talked him into this war. Dad would have never done this.” GivingYearsWarDoneDoubtBrotherListeningFoolDadBenefitsSittingIdiotMy BrotherBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Chris Matthews
“My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major in college, and he got us to work on a screenplay together. And then, in working on the screenplay, he wanted my brother, Luke, and me to act in this thing. We did a short film that was kind of a first act of what became Bottle Rocket.” FirstsKindWantedTogetherFilmCollegeBrotherDirectorsMajorsMy BrotherBottlesTexasRocketsScreenplaysLukeAustinRoommateShort FilmsEnglish MajorAustin TexasBottle Rocket Author:Owen Wilson
“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, "I want a book. I want that kind of attention."” IfsKnowsWantKindSaidBookDifferentWantedNamesVoiceAttentionSpecialBrotherFineOffersUniqueMy FamilyOur FamilyMy BrotherMy SisterAmbitiousCarolinaNorth CarolinaDifferent VoicesRaleigh Author:David Sedaris
“I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBigsBrotherMy BrotherBrothers And SistersBig Sister Author:Naomie Harris
“I was fortunate enough not to grow up in Hollywood, so I feel that was a blessing. Being surrounded by nature and animals always kept me grounded and happy. My parents were smart to keep my brother and I away from that nonsense. I do live in the LA area now, but I keep my balance by hiking in the mountains with my dogs and taking trail rides every week on my horse.” FeelsEnoughGrowsParentAnimalGrowing UpWeekDogBrotherBalanceBlessingMountainSmartAreasHollywoodHorseFortunateMy BrotherNonsenseHikingGroundedTrailsMy DogHiking In The MountainsNature And Animals Author:Alison Eastwood
“If you say, "Woo, woo, woo!" to me, I'll say it back. I love it. "Woo, woo, woo" is something that my character used to say. It's something that my mother used to say to my brother and me when we were kids. When words would fail her, she'd just go, "Oh, woo, woo, woo." It's compassion. It's a combination of "I see you, I feel you, I acknowledge you, I got your back."” IfsFeelsCharacterKidsUsedMotherCompassionFailingBrotherCombinationAcknowledgeMy BrotherGot Your BackAcknowledge You Author:Kim Coles
“My mom, my father, my little sisters, and my brother - I don't got that much family. I'm not really a family person. I just do my own thing. But I've just been spending time with my mom, especially since the [September motorcycle] accident happened. I drive all the way down there to Georgia just to check up on her. You just get tired of being that person that you thought you were. I don't feel no different. I see the music, because I made it. I don't really see the fame.” WayFeelsLittlesPersonsMadeDifferentFatherMy OwnHappenedBrotherMomFameMusic IsTiredMy MomSpendingAccidentsChecksMade ItMy BrotherSeptemberGeorgiaMotorcycleSpending TimeLittle Sister Author:Fetty Wap
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."” MenWayWantKidsLyingFunChurchTroubleCarBrotherKeysTypeDadShotsMy FriendsMadMy DadHaving FunMy BrotherMy SisterLockedRight WayJamHappy Man Author:Fetty Wap
“You try to do as much as you can on set because practical looks cool and practical looks great. Until you get to a point where the reality is you look at it - and I went through this in my last movie which was a war film, which my brother fought in Iraq and I did a ton of research and as much as I could made it documentary-like - and then at some point on set, the reality is somebody says to you, "You know, you can use a real squib and you can have three hours of clean up and you can lose five shots or we can do that blood explosion in post and you can get those five extra shots."” KnowsTryingLooksMadeWarRealUseRealityLastsFilmThreeCan DoHoursLosesFiveBloodBrotherResearchShotsCleanIraqPracticalsMade ItPostsMy BrotherExtrasDocumentariesExplosions Author:Kimberly Peirce
“Just being able to make exactly what I want with my brother and a lot of my best friend and to have a place like HBO that not only lets you do that, but supports you and puts up billboards in support of it, and really puts it out there for you. That's not something I get a lot in the independent film world where everybody's pinching pennies and nervous about whether it's going to make money or not.” WorldWantAbleFilmSupportBrotherIndependentNervousMaking MoneyMy BrotherJust BeingMy Best FriendPenniesIndependent FilmSupport YouBillboardsHboPinching Author:Mark Duplass
“I go to therapy once a week, that helps a lot. I have a really supportive family. I have two little kids, I'm married, I live close to my parents, my brother and his wife. I don't socialize a lot. I work and I have my kids, basically. I'm just, I would say, with all false modesty aside, I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.” LittlesTwoHelpingKidsParentWifeWeekBrotherMarriedTherapyMy BrotherMy TimeEfficientModestySupportiveLittle KidFalse ModestySupportive Family Author:Mark Duplass
“I've got to give my brother a lot of credit because he's always introduced me to a lot of things and those films spiked an interest of, "Wow, this is an incredible world, how do you be a part of that?" That definitely helped me through my school years of doing theater.” WorldGivingYearsSchoolFilmInterestBrotherTheaterIncrediblesCreditMy BrotherWowSchool Years Author:Ed Speleers
“And in her [Eleanor Roosevelt] letters, she writes the most, you know, fanciful letters: when we are together, and when we are reunited, and you know, I will be your surrogate wife. Of course she doesn't use that word, but I will be the mother to my brothers, and I will be your primary love.” KnowsWritingUseTogetherMotherCoursesWifeBrotherLettersPrimariesMy BrotherEleanorSurrogatesReunited Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“In keeping with the theme of "I got my hands on," my brother and I would listen to The Diceman Cometh. That was the dirtiest thing we'd ever heard, and we could listen to that at full volume without fear of penalty, because my mom couldn't hear that either. I wasn't a huge comedy fan growing up, but I definitely listened to Andrew Dice Clay a lot.” HandsGrowing UpComedyGrowingHeardFansBrotherHugeMomMy MomMy BrotherThemeVolumePenaltiesClayAndrewDice Author:Moshe Kasher
“My brother and I both like sarcastic, insulting comedy, so that's a way we communicate. Somehow that's what we learned. My mom is not a really sarcastic person. She's a really sort of overly loving person, and my brother and I came out little cynical bastards.” WayLittlesPersonsComedyBrotherMomCommunicateMy MomMy BrotherSarcasticCynicalInsultingLoving PersonSarcastic Person Author:Moshe Kasher
“Every year my mom takes her 5th grade class on an outdoor education trip, and ever since I was born, I came with her. One thing I remember the most was this long, old rickety bridge held by two redwood trees. In order to get to the camp fire, you had to cross it. Each time I went across I made my brother carry me on his shoulders. It freaked me out sooooo much, even a little now when I think about it.” ThinkingYearsLittlesLongMadeTwoRememberOrderBornClassFireOne ThingTreeBrotherMomCrossesMy MomShouldersBridgesMy BrotherGradesCampsRedwoods Author:Zendaya
“Why'd he name Ram Dass that? And Krishna Das that, instead of vice versa? Is Krishna Das more Krishna like and Ram Dass more Ram-like? Maybe... why not? We grow into our names. But why did my parents named me Jeffrey and my brother Michael? Who knows?” KnowsNamesGrowsParentBrotherVicesMy BrotherWhy NotVice VersaKrishnaRams Author:Surya Das
“Being involved and hanging out with my brothers who skate is really amazing, especially because of our age. I mean, we're in our mid-late forties and we're still skateboarding in competitions. Who'd have ever thought?” MeanStillsAgeBrotherInvolvedLateCompetitionMy BrotherFortyHanging OutSkatesReally AmazingSkateboarding Author:Christian Hosoi
“Aqualung is one that my brother turned me onto. It wasn't that hard-rocking, but Martin Barre had a really good sound. He knew what he was doing.” HardSoundBrotherMy Brother Author:James Hetfield
“My brothers used to beat me up, but I used to fight my sisters 'cuz I couldn't hit them back, so I had to find specific severe ways to punish them.” WayUsedFightingBrotherBeatsMy BrotherMy SisterSevereCuz Author:Vince Staples
“There was nobody in the family who had ever done anything like that before. My brothers - I had two brothers. They were twins. They both became architects. They were both six years older.” YearsTwoDoneBrotherSixMy BrotherArchitectTwinsTwo Brothers Author:Maggie Smith
“I had no idea that that was around in the family anywhere. Maybe it never was. But - so they broke the way for me, if you know what I mean. I have no idea where I got the idea from to do what I do. But I think they - Ian and Alistair, my brothers kind of opened a lot of doors for me onto the world - you know, made it seem to be a very, very interesting place.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayKindMeanMadeIdeasSeemsInterestingDoorsBrotherMade ItBrokeNo IdeaMy BrotherVery InterestingInteresting Places Author:Maggie Smith
“There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. They were the lens through which I saw music for a very long time.” YearsLongNightParentSawsBrotherLessonsBandLong TimeFoundationMy BrotherEtcSaturdayLensesGigsSaturday NightSeanSan DiegoBluegrassInstrumentation Author:Sara Watkins
“My interest in the psychological roots of psychosis has both personal (my brother Andrew committed suicide) and professional origins (I was trained in a behaviorist approach to psychology which - whatever its limitations - at least taught me to see human behavior in its social context).” HumansSocialInterestPsychologyTaughtBrotherBehaviorApproachRootsSuicideCommittedPsychologicalLimitationMy BrotherHuman BehaviorAndrewPsychosis Author:Richard Bentall
“The life of a woman is worth half of that of a man [in Iran]. If a terrorist attacks me and my brother on the street and we are both injured the same, the compensation he receives is twice as much as the compensation that I would receive.” IfsMenHalfStreetsBrotherTerroristMy BrotherIranCompensationInjuredTerrorist Attacks Author:Shirin Ebadi
“There was a big age difference between me and my brothers - about 10 years - so I was an only child for a long time. I used to hang out a lot on my own. I played a lot of weird games with a lot of imaginary people. I guess it's kind of roleplaying.” PeopleYearsKindChildrenLongBigsAgeUsedGamesDifferencesMy OwnBrotherLong TimeMy BrotherHanging OutImaginaryOnly ChildAge Difference Author:Noel Fielding
“I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of what is going on and I love relevant music today. We are talking about artists like Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Absoul, that whole crew. Of course Evidence and Alchemist, those guys are my brothers and I love those guys, they have been lifelong friends but I have always sort of looked up to them artistically.” Has BeensWholeKidsTodaySchoolArtistGuyCoursesTalkingBoysBrotherEvidenceFingersMy BrotherRelevantCrewLifelongPulseThat GuyAlchemistLifelong Friends Author:Shane Bunting
“They look at me and say how come you're winning? You came back from the dead three years ago, and you're already killing it. I mean I came back from the dead. Thanks to my family and thanks to Kevin Zinger and my brother Evidence and Rocko, especially my blood family and the guys in Swollen Members. I wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for those people.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksMeanTodayGuyThreeWinningBloodBrotherMembersEvidenceYears AgoMy FamilyKillingThanksMy BrotherThree YearsLook At MeKevinSwollenKilling It Author:Shane Bunting
“My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was next-door neighbors with Dorothy Loudon and they moved to New York together. Mom was a dancer in New York for several years before she got married. My sister was a classical pianist. And my brother was a partier. So it all just seemed to work.” WayYearsArtWholeTogetherJobsMotherNextFatherSidesDoorsNew YorkBrotherMomMarriedScientistMovedNeighborMy BrotherDancerChicagoMy SisterSymphonyPianistWhole FamilyNext Door NeighborsCellists Author:Jason Graae
“I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.” ThinkingActorsSawsBrotherSensitiveMy Brother Author:Adam Rapp
“My brother and I spent countless hours as kids playing with our dad's home camera, we would create little sketches and movies and talk shows. But it wasn't until I was 10 that I started considering that I could do it as a job.” LittlesShowsHomeKidsJobsHoursBrotherDadCamerasMy BrotherConsideringTalk ShowsKids Playing Author:Jade Hassoune
“I grew up in an apartment my whole life. It was just me, my mom, and my brother - she supported us. And we've always liked driving through rich neighborhoods, especially around Christmas. We would always admire the wealth. I always had this strange feeling with it.” WholeFeelingsWealthRichStrangeBrotherGrewMomGrew UpMy MomWhole LifeDrivingAdmireMy BrotherNeighborhoodApartment Author:George Clarke