Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes

I do feel at a loss for not having a child of my own at times, very much so.

Charlie and I were never blessed with children.

The one thing I missed was never having children. It just wasn't in the cards, I guess.

I didn't have any children of my own.

I don't ever want to have kids of my own. But I do want a lot of kids.

The great regret of my life is that I didn't have children.

I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words.

Never having children is a huge regret of mine.

I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.

I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

I don't have any kids of my own.

I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.

Not having children isn't something I regret. I acknowledge that some things have been easier for me than they would have been for others.

I wish with all my heart I had children and I think I would've been a good mum.

I'm desperate to have children. I am chomping at the bit. It's a problem. I can't imagine that I will not be a mother.

Sometimes, Soraya Sleeping next to me, I lay in bed and listened to the screen door swinging open and shut with the breeze, to the crickets chirping in the yard. And I could almost feel the emptiness in Soraya's womb, like it was a living, breathing thing. It had seeped into our marriage, that emptiness, into our laughs, and our love-making. And late at night, in the darkness of our room, I'd feel it rising from Soraya and setting between us. Sleeping between us. Like a newborn child.

I always remind myself that [ Jean-Paul] Sartre and [Simone] de Beauvoir didn't have children. And when you don't have children, it might be easier to believe that the child doesn't come with something.

We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.

I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.

It hit me really hard that I want kids in my life.

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

I think getting married was a mistake along the way, but at the same time I wouldn't have the wonderful children I have if I didn't get married.

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

But the truth is I wanted to have my daughter for so long. It's not the kind of thing you can visit, motherhood. Especially in the early years. Now she's eight, and I'm still not going to go anywhere.