“People say to me ‘Too bad you didn’t have any children.’ Well, I’m not dumb enough to think I could have handled that situation because I’m a totally concentrated person. I can do one thing at a time. I’m a One-Track Charlie.
“If I had a kid, and the kid was desperately ill and I had an opening night — what am I gonna do? I would be useless. If your mind is on something else, and you are involved in an emotional relationship — you are useless. If someone needs you, they need YOU!
“That’s why I think women have to choose. I remember making the decision. ‘Well, I’ll never marry and have children. I want to be a star, and I don’t want to make my husband my victim. And I certainly don’t want to make my children my victims.”—excerpt from “Katharine Hepburn: My Life and Loves,” The Australian Women’s Weekly, Issue October 1, 1975
