Jill McCorkle Quotes

I'm blessed with three children who actually aren't terribly impressed with pandering to my ego, and one of my children has a bit of a problem with the sex scenes because when she reads the stuff, she hears my voice in her head, and apparently reading a sex scene written by your mother with her describing it is rather off-putting!

I was raised in a home where we grew up where we discussed issues. I've always been really politically aware. My wife and four kids are very aware. They make me more attuned to a lot of things I would not think about. Especially women's issues.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

I would infinitely prefer a daughter.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

I wrote 'Marvels,' which was about a guy who had two daughters, and I wrote 'Astro City Volume 2 #1,' which was about a guy who had two daughters. In both cases, about a year and a half or two years apart. And then after that, I had two daughters, about a year and a half or two years apart.

We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about.

We need to stop the erosion of parental authority.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to be stricter than most. But even though it's like, 'Oh, gosh, I've gotta be in at this time,' they know what they're doing. I have great parents.

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch.

I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff.

You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies.

Parents should keep 'Eyes Wide Open' next to the 'Kinsey Report' on their shelves.

I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife.