I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. A — John Wells
I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. A — John Wells
I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. A — John Wells
I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. A — John Wells
I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. A — John Wells
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I grew up in a family that was very barbed and difficult, and there was a lot of humor. None of it was painless humor. All of it was at someone else's expense. It was kind of always about power.

— John Wells
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