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For me, stories were brothers, sisters and friends, filling the long hours between childhood and adolescence, holding up a true mirror in which I might find out who I was rather than a distorted reflection of who I was expected to become.

I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.

Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.

My childhood is a part of my story, and it's why I'm who I am today and why my career is what it is.

I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships.

From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father. He was a jazz pianist and also a very good storyteller, an avid reader. He passed both those interests on to me.

My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.

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.

I love my childhood. It was a beautiful childhood.