Ananya Birla Quotes

I had a working mother. She worked for IBM. My dad lived in another town - not very far away, but another town. So food was - I guess food was my friend.

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.

My dad was a presence, of course, but he worked nights a lot, and I would only see him one day a week.

Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father during all those many days, and weeks and months when I didn't see my own father.

We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

My mum left my dad when I was six months old, so I don't know him at all. I had no male figures in my life, really. I had my godfather, but he's more like a grandfather, so I was quite sheltered. I've never tried to find my father.

Being a child that grew up with a single mom back in the '70s, Father's Day to me was always a very uncomfortable time. At school, we would make Father's Day cards for our dads, and I usually mailed one to my dad, and he hardly ever responded.

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, they're not going to be close.

When I was growing up, I never really knew my father. I didn't get to know my father until I was about 14 years old.

Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.

My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.

No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.

I grew up in a town without fathers.

My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.

Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing.

I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

My dad's my nanny, so he spends a lot of time with me in L.A. when my mom's in Atlanta.

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.

A lot of people think I grew up with just my brother and me, but mom was there even when she wasn't. We had a good household.

I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.

Every single kid in my group of friends at school was from a single-parent family.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

I didn't have a father figure in the house.