Doe Quote by Katharine Whitehorn

I was married when I was in my early twenties, and my former husband, an absolutely lovely man, didn't get the writing thing.

— Jenna Blum

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.

— Alana Stewart

He had written my mother once that he wanted her to be the first thing he saw every morning and the last thing he…

— Ron Reagan

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

— Chely Wright

I was married a few times, and one of my husbands was jealous of me writing.

— Maya Angelou

I had one young man tell me he wished I was his mom. Another young woman told me that every time she watched 'The…

— Phyllis Smith

My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot more writing…

— Wendy C. Ortiz

I lived in a world where I didn't share the love for my stepfather that my mother shared for him. She married him.

— Trevor Noah

I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When…

— Anne Lamott

Part of the impetus for my writing is the pain I've seen my friends experience both in their marriage and in their dreams.

— Peter D. Kramer

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her.

— Cheryl Strayed

If I hadn't had my children, I wouldn't have written more and better, I would have written less and worse.

— Margaret Laurence