Children Quote by Mary Gaitskill

But deciding not to have children is a very, very hard decision for a woman to make: the atmosphere is worryingly inconducive to saying,…

— Caitlin Moran

I think women are afraid to say that they don't want children because they're going to get shunned. But I think that's changing too…

— Cameron Diaz

I think that women are afraid to say they don't want children because they're going to get shunned.

— Cameron Diaz

A woman who doesn't want to have kids is sort of a mystery to people. That's a question they're asked the minute they get…

— Shonda Rhimes

Women without children are also the best of mothers,often, with the patience,interest, and saving grace that the constant relationship with children cannot always sustain.…

— Louise Erdrich

A lot of women feel apologetic or feel the need to make excuses for not having children but women don't need to if they…

— Jo Frost

Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children…

— Jessica Valenti

Most women I've ever met either already have or at some point want kids, but there are still significant numbers who don't, or at…

— Richard K. Morgan

I know plenty of people who don't have children. And I also get a lot of people who say, 'Thank you for speaking out;…

— Christina Hendricks

Is that what we think of women when they have a baby? That they're nurturing and warm, but if they haven't got children they…

— Asher Keddie

I think that so many people who have children seem to want other people to have children in order to make their choice feel…

— Sheila Heti

As I've gotten older, I've felt I have more authority on that subject. I think the conversation needs to be reframed. What I hate…

— Meghan Daum