A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

To any child, the first occupations that are presented to you are your parents'. I was appealed to my dad's occupation from the get-go.

I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life.

Don't let your parents telling you that you shouldn't do something stop you from doing it.

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents' bookshelf.

My parents live in Hyderabad and I visit the city often.

I'm really connected to people, and my relationships with people are paramount, so I write about relationships, particularly strong female ones. In my family, there were six girls born in five years. We were best friends. And my parents raised all of us as first-class citizens.

There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.

The reason why the Son of God took upon him our nature, was, the fall of our first parents.

I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

I had no financial support from my parents, but, I suppose, I did have moral support - although they really didn't know what was going on.

I was always quite anxious, but when I left uni and started to have serious relationships with men I became incredibly insecure about the fact that I was my parents' daughter.