In 1986, when I was 21, I lived in Tokyo for four months, boarding with a Japanese family and working for an American company.
Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.
I am always exhausted; I am always trying to find more time to be with my family, which is why they travel with me so much.
I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.
My daughter, I'm proud to say, is senior vice president of ABC Family network. She could hire and fire me. She has hired me, but she has not fired me.
I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'
I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.
Priesthood lessons are regularly devoted to topics of family leadership, and quorum leaders everywhere are feeling more and more their responsibility to teach and train their quorum members to be better husbands and fathers.
My mother was adored by her family and by the scores of children she took care of and their parents, all of whom called her 'Miss Woody.'
People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life.
I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I'd suddenly get everyone's attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention-seeking ploy it was.
I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.
John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.
Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.
I'm obsessed with 'Game of Thrones.' I love comedies - I really like '30 Rock' and 'Modern Family.'
Is a family just the strict definition of a small and discrete unit, or is it about the larger organic group that inevitably grows up around the smaller one?
I have a great relationship with everyone in my family, but I'm closer to my brothers than anyone else because they give me a lot of guidance.
Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.
I have a really good family. I'm lucky to have people who support me and love me in my life.
My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
You have to be funny about it and honest about it. You can't leave yourself out of that mix. You have to be honest enough to say, I'm that messed-up one in the family.
