My father is a very hardworking guy, and that's his focus in life, so I got a lot of the paternal attention that a boy wants and needs from my grandfather.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection.
My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband.
My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.
I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.
I have an evolving relationship with my father, and his memory, especially the older I get. I know that some of the things that interested him are things that interest me.
Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
I have two fathers.
Any father likes his son to take over from him if possible.
I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've become.