My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.
When I was born my mother was terribly disappointed. Not that she wanted a girl - she wanted a divorce.
I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.
it seemed to me that I had never met another person on earth as discouraging to my happiness as my father. and it appeared that I had the same effect upon him.
I don't believe in happy families.
The only way you can write about a happy family in a drama is to make them unhappy.
One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.
If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.
