Homer Hickam Quotes

Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.

I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son.

I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.

My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.

My relationship with my mom is really bad.

It seemed like my father and I were always fighting. I know a lot of kids go through that with their families, but it was hard for me.

Who hasn't had an argument with their mother-in-law?

My mom gets so upset at me when I say stuff in the press about anything political, and it drives me crazy because I say to my mom: 'I can't be on the side of any sort of war and I'm not going to be.'

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

I've been estranged from my father since I was eight.

I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Rihanna told me her parents used to argue so intensely, she used to get these headaches, these migraines that were almost not even treatable with medicine. The moment her parents separated, her migraines went away.

What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy?

I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.

I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.

My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.

Mum's serial misbehavior over the years had driven me, despairing, to write her scolding - occasionally scalding letters.

I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property.'

The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.

I fought my grandfather like you wouldn't believe. I went my own way and decided to become a racing driver. I don't think I would ever have fought as hard as I did if my grandfather had been a reasonable person.

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.