“I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences.” WritingHas BeensKidsSchoolParentGrowing UpGrowingKids Growing Up Author:Tom Perrotta
“My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.” MenWritingCharacterMotherFatherParentNiceReaderGentleSupportiveColorfulNice Man Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.” WantWritingChildrenHandsAbleSchoolParentStudySpecialDemandTestsEarsMy ChildrenShakesStatisticsContractsPublic SchoolAccountingCalculusPrepsSpecial Education Author:Amity Shlaes
“I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room.” PeopleWritingJobsMovingUsedSongParentRoomsNiceHeardAmountLet MeTinyUsed To BeFractionsReally Nice Author:Regina Spektor
“I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.” PeopleThinkingWritingMaySongParentSad Song Author:Shelby Lynne
“I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!” WorldWritingChildrenBookSpeakParentWonderHundredLettersGet OverChildren And Parents Author:Enid Blyton
“When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write.” WritingYearsKindParentFiveMagicCastsFive YearsChestsSpellsFive Year Olds Author:Wolfgang Hildesheimer
“Over the next four days, I want you to write about your deepest emotions and thoughts about the most upsetting experience in your life. Really let go and explore your feelings and thoughts about it. In your writing, you might tie this experience to your childhood, your relationship with your parents, people you have loved or love now or even your career. How is this experience related to who you would like to become, who you have been in the past, or who you are now?.” PeopleWantWritingHas BeensFeelingsMightPastNextParentEmotionCareersFourChildhoodLetting GoWho You AreUpsetYour ChildrenTiesRelatedOur RelationshipI Want You Author:James W. Pennebaker
“My parents read to me a lot as a kid, and I started writing very early, probably spurred on by Aesop's fables. Then they gave me The Lord of the Rings way too early for me to fully understand what I was reading, which was actually kind of cool. It was almost better - comprehension's overrated when you're reading.” WayWritingKindKidsReadingParentLordRingsComprehensionFablesOverrated Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“When I'm writing for a book, it's much more reflective process. I have certain things that may not translate well to the stage, but, when they're on the page, people can really get into them. My first two books were aiming to be funnier, but the third was more about deep exploration. Things about being a parent and growing older that I thought would be perfect for a book.” PeopleWritingFirstsWellsMayTwoBookWould BeCertainProcessParentPerfectGrowingStagePagesThirdsExplorationTranslateGrowing OldBeing A ParentGrowing Older Author:Paul Reiser
“The anthology meets with two different kinds of reactions in living poets. They will either write toward the anthology or away from it. Anti-anthology poets often overreach themselves, inflicting protective distortions on their work - as parents in old Central Europe often deliberately maimed their sons to save them from compulsory military service.” WritingKindTwoDifferentParentMilitarySonPoetEuropeReactionsDifferent KindsProtectiveDistortionAnthologyCompulsoryMilitary Service Author:Laura Riding