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Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.

I was lucky to have my dad in my life. As crazy as things got, I always had him to put his hand on my shoulder.

Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It is a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad.

My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.

The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.

I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last 60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings.

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he did not do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he is been known to be a Wikileaker.

In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, What does your dad do? What does your mom do?'

I think Family Guy and American Dad have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that The Simpsons is taking jokes from Family Guy. And I can tell you, that are not the case.

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that is a good grounding for a balanced life.

I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

I think it is easiest to teach by example. My dad did not tell us to work hard we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I have learned you can not come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that is what I did.

You know, I am just - I am really happy for my dad.

I had the opportunity to go to law school, and my dad, who was an accountant, couldn't believe I wanted to walk away from that and start cooking.