Mark Getty Quotes

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?

Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.

I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.

I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries.

I really like reading about how families work together.

The concept of the strong linkage to the family is breaking down in Western nations.

I write about families. That is who we are.

Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.

No matter our background, we all have crazy families.

I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or apart, given the pressures that are put on it by the outside world.

I think families find a dynamic that works for them.

The family is the most important unit of society…. When all is said and done, there is nothing more important than the family.

My idea of family is not dominated by blood ties. Families are fragile things, and I think it is social pressure and emotional attachments that keep them together.

I think a family is the best way to open up the appeal of a show because everyone has a mother. Everyone has a father. Everyone has cousins or siblings. Everyone's trying to pursue their romantic ideals and their relationship ideals.

There's a lot of truth in family relationships.

I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.

The family is the corner stone of our society.

As far back as our knowledge takes us, human beings have lived in families. We know of no period when this was not so. We know of no people who have succeeded for long in dissolving the family or displacing it.

I have three older sisters, so we were a reasonably large family and, in general, a happy one.

I have always liked family-type dramas; I just think the dynamics in families make for some really interesting characters.

To me, families are puzzles that take a lifetime to work out - or not, as often is the case - and I like to explore how people within them try to connect, be it through love, duty, or circumstance.

I have a great family myself so I know if you don't have a family you've got nothing. Nothing else can take the place of the family - not girlfriends or a career.

For all Italian people, family is very important. We don't fight with our families.

We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit.

I mean, families are weird.