Karan Johar Quotes

My mother has a very big family in Shanghai, so I have, like, almost 40 cousins, so we stayed together all the time. So by the time I get to Hong Kong, I become the only child and the only one surrounded by adults, you know.

Due to my lack of family, I've almost built a family around me of friends that are, for me that is, they mean more to me than my own family.

I'm an only child, so I don't even have nieces or nephews.

Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family.

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

We actually have a small family. It's just my father and I and my grandmother, who lives in Tokyo. I cherish my friendships.

Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.

My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.

I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

Being an only child, my mother reared me very carefully.

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood.

I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.

I'm very interested, in all my books, in community, what binds people together, which I think is an obvious consequence of being the fourth of six children.

Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.

My family is very close. I can't say that about many people I meet in Hollywood.

Since my brother died in 1982, my parents and I had formed a shaky tripod of a family; now that I'd lost my father too, it was too easy for me to glimpse a future point where I alone was the keeper of not just my own childhood memories, but of my family lore.

My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around.

It's my theory that many writers were the confidantes of one or the other parent. I was my mother's confidante; she had been her mother's confidante.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life. Our relationships with other people both shape and reflect who we are. These relationships are infinitely fascinating to explore!

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

Being an only child is a disease in itself.

Mothers and daughters can stay very connected during teenage years. In the middle of your life, you can become very alone. Even though you're connected deeply to other family members, lovers, husbands, friends.