Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how it was in those days.
My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.
My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was my dream to make films.
I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.
My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.
To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.
My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.
Whenever I have a play or opening or anything going on in my career, my parents always come up and see it.
I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.
All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.
My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.
On my parents' scale of values, the more Western something was, the more cultured it was considered.
Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.
My parents always instilled knowing that your beautiful, that your fearfully and wonderfully made, and that you know who you are.
My parents always made me dress up for church. I really didn't want to.
It's very important, once you are a parent, that you educate your kid day by day.
My parents are apolitical - no bumper stickers, no yard signs. They don't talk about politics.
When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.
