Bad Quote by Edmund White

I was brought up by a mother who was always brutally honest. She made me who I am.

— Jill Zarin

I think I have always wanted to tell stories. My mother was the real catalyst. I kept talking about it and so she pulled…

— Kim Smith

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful…

— Elizabeth Strout

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough…

— Chris Christie

My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes more than…

— Melissa Gilbert

My mother was really beautiful, and I had to deal with her being objectified my entire childhood. But she also had this depth and…

— Adrianne Lenker

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

I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the limelight. Many…

— Laurie Graham

Mother’s particular devils had remained mysterious to me for decades. So had her past. Few born liars ever intentionally embark in truth’s direction, even…

— Anonymous

As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something…

— Sam Smith

My mother told me stories all the time... And in all of those stories she told me who I was, who I was supposed…

— Paula Gunn Allen

I had a mother who was very developed psychically and spiritually. She was, in a way, an opposite of my father, a complete liberal,…

— Frederick Lenz