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I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

My father resented that I was paid so much more than he was.

I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.

To be honest, I think I'd become a bit selfish with memories of my father. I wanted to hug them close to me.

I'm glad to say my father never felt ashamed of me, but my mother probably did.

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

My father wasn't too crazy about me. I loved him anyway. One of the things I regretted for a long time was that he died before he could see that he would be proud of me. I was actually more what he wished for than he thought.

My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.

I knew your father before you did, and I don't think he'd be too proud of what you're doing right now.