When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I'm going to write a book about my father.'
My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little.
I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father.
One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.
My dad's passion was to teach adults to read so they could read to their kids.
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.
I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old.
My dad is a man that, for as long as I can remember, has kept a book of favorite things his kids say.
My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My Father!' I'd never given acting a thought. They were proud of me and very encouraging.
My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me.