Children Quote by Margaret Laurence

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

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft…

— Patti Smith

People had been writing to me and saying, "Can you write something for children?" I felt I couldn't quite do it myself because I…

— Eckhart Tolle

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

— Jamaica Kincaid

If I were happy, married with six children, I wouldn't be writing. And I doubt if I should want to.

— Anita Brookner

I made the choice not to have children, so I can spend my days just writing; there are no kids demanding my time.

— Seanan McGuire

I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

— Linda Ronstadt

Having children changes you forever, as a writer and as a human being. I hope it's for the better on both counts, but I…

— Brian K. Vaughan

Having kids doesn't mean they would have taken care o you.

— Michelle Singletary

I regret not having more children. I would have loved to have had a bigger family.

— Barbara Walters

I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy.

— Robin Hobb

Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

— Ruskin Bond