I think a lot of a man's outlook in life - at least mine - is shaped by his relationship with his father.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women, but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.
Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
I had a great dad and we had a great relationship, but he's still a part of my life.
All young men can relate to that moment where they have to - or, rather, attempt to - stand up to their dads with their own ideas of what they want for their own lives.
My relationships with both my mother and father are good. We spent several difficult years hashing over the problems and the past, and worked out a fairly solid middle ground. I wouldn't say my relationship with either of them - they're no longer together - is exactly typical, but that would be difficult after all we went through.
My father is definitely not the kind of guy who'd place his children in key roles within his organization if he didn't think we could surpass the expectations he had for us.
I have my opinions about the way my father was. But they are my opinions, not necessarily the truth, and they are certainly not the whole spectrum of what this man was going through. It's my young, selfish interpretation of that person.
Father's ideals became part of me and still are today. His reserve, deeply rooted liberal views, his provocative humour, his passion for work and love of risk are also mine.
I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've become.
My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent.