It ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that…

I couldn't see tying myself down with a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and the children were…

— Joseph Heller

I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.

— Garrison Keillor

“Woman and children can afford to be careless, men can not.”

— Mario Puzo

I couldn't see much point in tying myself down to a middle-aged woman with four children, even though the woman was my wife and…

— Joseph Heller

A woman came to ask the doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said, 'Thirty-five children is enough for any woman.'

— Gracie Allen

I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children whom I photographed first when she was the age…

— Jock Sturges

“Carlo Levare (ok, a little weird writing in 3rd person) writes books because talking to himself in public is “frowned upon.” Indie author, professional…

— Carlo Levare

“He who writes books that aim to convince is a comedian, too, just a comedian. What has he got to offer others, apart from…

— J.M.G. Le Clézio

“It's been fun to have it take on a life of its own. I feel like I'm not even creating as much as I'm…

— Pierce Brown

“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed…

— Annie Dillard

In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of our epics…

— Indira Gandhi

In one of my favorite anecdotes about Foucault, someone asks him why he writes books. He responds by saying something like "When I begin…

— Thomas L. Dumm

“Children left their old parents at home and scattered in all directions in search of money. It was hard on an old woman with…

— Chinua Achebe

A friend asked her doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said, "Thirty-five children is enough for any woman.

— Gracie Allen

My wife was a beautiful woman before we had children.

— Bill Cosby