I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.
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DAVID GEDGE I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. O... PENNY MARSHALL I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS I grew up in such a musical family, and my dad was the first chair in the Johannesburg Symphony Orch... TREVOR RABIN When I grew up, a director was Cecil B DeMille, a guy sitting down with a megaphone speaking. He was... DEREK CIANFRANCE You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say. “I had to come back early.” Sh... LISA KLEYPAS I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I wa... ELIZA DUSHKU When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin. SARA ZARR My husband wrote me love letters while I was on location in Canada and pregnant. They turned into be... DEBI MAZAR I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the ... 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ERNEST HEMINGWAY I knew it was really, really popular when my granny told me she watched it, and was addicted. When y... DAVINA MCCALL Allie, what do the Stars tell me to do? You know I don't understand the scientific part. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The capacity of humans to believe in what seems to me highly improbable- from table tapping to the s... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I was an infant when I was living in Canada, but when I was adopted, I was a baby, so I grew up in M... BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and ... JESSE MCCARTNEY My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to ... ELLIOTT YAMIN I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; t... DAMIAN MARLEY I was a big fan of Aaliyah's. Growing up, my mom was a big fan of her music. When I grew to have... ALEXANDRA SHIPP My grandpa was the one; he started taking up golf when I was about two and introduced me to the game... RICKIE FOWLER I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public schoo... ELLIOTT ABRAMS My mom was a folk singer and Celtic harpist. My dad was in a barbershop quartet and my great grandma... SKYLAR GREY I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row... LEONARD COHEN Yes, I grew up with guns. For my 16th birthday, in fact, I received a .357 instead of a car. But the... BENJAMIN PERCY So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple f... GEORGE J. MITCHELL
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LAURA WASSER Generally, there are no lightning bolts or magical signs that tell you when it is time to get divorc... LAURA WASSER I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the as... LAURA WASSER One client's wife managed to steam the labels off all of the several hundred bottles in her husb... LAURA WASSER To find a pool of lawyers from whom to choose, solicit referrals from other professionals you know o... LAURA WASSER Conversations about money certainly are not sexy, but they should give each of you some clarity and ... LAURA WASSER The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that you... LAURA WASSER If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really s... LAURA WASSER Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way.... LAURA WASSER My dad once said that in criminal law you see terrible people on their best behavior; in family law ... LAURA WASSER Just as you go to the gym regularly to keep your body fit, regular couples counseling can keep your ... LAURA WASSER Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that k... LAURA WASSER It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going ... LAURA WADE I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport... LAURA WADE I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quit... LAURA WADE Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wou... LAURA WADE It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it? LAURA WADE Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've j... LAURA WADE 'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bas... LAURA WADE I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting... LAURA WADE Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew? LAURA WADE And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written... LAURA WADE In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produ... LAURA WADE I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory. LAURA WADE I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the op... LAURA WADE I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever se... LAURA WADE I don't like writing with real people in mind. LAURA WADE I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like... LAURA WADE It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright. LAURA WADE Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's ... LAURA WADE If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one ... LAURA WADE Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it become... LAURA WADE A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put... LAURA WADE