Kingsley Amis was a lenient father. His paternal style, in the early years, can best be described as amiably minimalist - in other words, my mother did it all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.
My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.
Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.
My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family.
My father was an extraordinary man.
When I was doing 'Family Ties,' I was not quite that mellow as a real father. In fact, my wife used to call me Captain Von Trapp from 'The Sound of Music.' I tended to be a little more authoritarian. I had been a very disciplined child myself, so I made the mistake of thinking one size fits all.
My father wasn't the best role model to me.
My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.
My father was a very difficult man.
My only model for being a father was my father, an illiterate on the margin of society.