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I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married.

My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had them. I got the message very early on that the worst mistake a woman can make is marrying a man with children.

I would probably, in my 60s, be ready to start having kids, as long as I was spared all the stuff about it that doesn't appeal to me. By then, I'd have lost interest in practically everything, so there'd be no opportunity cost involved.

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult.

Why did I not stop to have children? I suppose because the opportunity didn't present itself. Yes, many women feel they are not complete without having children, but I have different creative outlets.

I didn't want children until my late thirties because my career was taking off, and I was having such a good time in New Order. But when you have children, you have to make decisions; I always wanted to stay at home with my kids.

If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.

I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don't know if that, as a younger man, I'd have had full appreciation for it.

It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.

I wasn't mentally prepared to take care of them, I was focused on my career. And then when I got to be in my 40s and I thought about having kids, I wasn't able to have kids naturally. I don't regret it.