Autobiography Quote by Anna Quindlen

I've had the kind of complex life I write about. I was a single mother for 12 years. I'd been engaged. The wedding fell…

— Stephanie Coontz

I can't divorce myself from my childhood. I try to write as much fiction as I possibly can, but there are so many things…

— Jeff Kinney

I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to…

— Jesmyn Ward

“No, I don’t actually want children,” I said. “I love taking care of the kids at school, but I don’t plan on having my…

— Callie Hart

“As it happens, there are many reasons why I don’t have children: I am very good at birth control; though I love children and…

— Rebecca Solnit

“If you want to know what's in motherhood for you, as a woman, then - in truth - it's nothing you couldn't get from,…

— Caitlin Moran

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 realized relatively early on that I had no desire to be a mother whatsoever. I actually love children, but specifically other people's.

— Cindy Gallop

Because I was involved in so many other areas of life and so many productive activities, I wasn't judged for not being a mother.…

— Shabana Azmi

All the cliches are true about parenting. All I've ever wanted to do is be a father, but there's this existential mirror that's held…

— John Krasinski

I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a…

— Jill Hennessy

Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing…

— Roald Dahl