Kids – Quotes

Conversations between parents and

Conversations between parents and kids are important, about race issues, about all kinds of things, about heritage. Garcelle Beauvais

People see me now

People see me now and ask if I’m still running. I may look like I am, but I’m really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids. Gail Devers

The key to success

The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids – and sometimes more than half. Gail Collins

In college, the guys

In college, the guys aren’t worrying about whether they’ll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids. Gail Collins

Personally, I’d be really

Personally, I’d be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and their grandparents would find themselves on the same side. Gail Collins

I wrote as a

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that. And I meditate, and one time when I was meditating, I started thinking, Gee Gail, you love stories — you read all the time. How come you never tell yourself … Read more

I think kids abandon

I think kids abandon stories all the time. They start stories and get frustrated or get a different, better idea. I think that it is more worthwhile to stick with a story and revise it and try to finish it than abandon ship. Revisions, for any writer, are the name of the game. Gail Carson … Read more