Humanity Quote by Alicia Ostriker

Being a mother is the perfect experience for any writer. You learn how to not waste time. The writing hours become incredibly precious and…

— Chiara Barzini

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

— Diane Keaton

I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of…

— Carol Shields

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not,…

— Sarah Zettel

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that…

— Maggie Smith

I couldn't have been a novelist without being a mother. It gives you a unique witness point of the growth of a personality. It…

— Carol Shields

Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. All that remains of my mother is what I remember and what…

— Marge Piercy

“Let us acknowledge the magnitude of Motherhood, by simply honoring all mothers— past & present.”

— Eleesha

Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four in the…

— Paul Theroux

Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist.

— Frances Harper

Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.

— Richard Peck

I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the…

— Barbara Kingsolver