Book Quote by Anatole Broyard

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

— Alison Bechdel

The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of…

— Sharon Olds

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

— Norman Mailer

I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.

— Harry Connick, Jr

It ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that writes books.

— Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

I think everybody's book is about somebody's daughter, in a lot of ways. I dig that.

— Gerard Way

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.

— Anthony Browne

Do you think that your fathers are watching? That they weigh you in their ledgerbook? Against what? There is no book and your fathers…

— Cormac McCarthy

Loving fathers give their children a sense of their history.

— Jennifer Rothschild

I'm a much better writer for being a father.

— Chris Cleave

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.

— Gertrude Stein

It's important that dads take the opportunity to develop relationships with their children.

— Carey Price