Friday, June 13, 2008


"I didn't plan on either children or writing. Once I realized that writing satisfied me in some enormous way, I had to make adjustments. The writing was always marginal in terms of time when the children were small. But it was major in terms of my head. I always thought that women could do a lot of things. All the women I knew did nine or ten things at one time. I always understood that women worked, they went to church, they managed their houses, they managed somebody else's houses, they raised their children, they raised somebody else's children, they taught. I wouldn't say it's not hard, but why wouldn't it be? All important things are hard."

--Toni Morrison. Essence. February 1998.

3 comments:

Emmy said...

¡Viva las mujeres!

Sheryl said...

Yes! Women with children have so much to do. Writing on top of that blows my mind away!!!

Suzanne said...

¡Viva las mujeres!