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Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond their relationship with their own parents.

I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.

I grew up in a dysfunctional family.

I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing.

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest.

I had a very difficult upbringing.