Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

I've got two wonderful children - and two out of five isn't too bad.

My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.

Are you really going to work in that?" Maura asked. Blue looked at her clothing. It involved a few thin layering shirts, including one she had altered using a method called shredding. "What's wrong with it?" Maura shrugged. "Nothing. I always wanted an eccentric daughter. I just never realised how well my evil plans were working.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'

When my husband tells our daughter, 'You get that trait from Mom,' she lights up with pride. We all know who he's talking about. And it's not me. I'm fine with this.

I have a teenage daughter and a 10-year-old daughter. Things are pink and fluffy at my house, with two little dogs. It's pretty funny to be me now. And I'm in on the joke that is my life.

Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my religion, martyrs die.

I'll say - I have four kids! I married a woman when I was 24 years old. She was 13 years my senior. She had been married twice before. I adopted them. I was 24 and had a 17-year-old son instantly, an 11-year-old daughter, a 5-year-old, and a child on the way. So I had to learn how to become a parent very quickly.

I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting.

All I can say is thank God my stepdaughter's favourite band in the whole wide world is The Beatles. We do have dance parties to 'Wannabe' though.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.

I think of myself as a funny guy but nobody thinks I'm funnier than my daughters.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I never thought I'd have a daughter.

My daughter is the funniest person I know, and I couldn't imagine my life without her.

Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible.

Why would a lazy guy become a parent of five? Then again, why would creative people who inherently don't like change and criticism become writers, actors, or comedians? There's something about this process. I joke about it: My kids have made me a better person, and I only need, like, 34 more of them to be a really good guy.

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

I think the most important thing I have done in my life is to raise two boys.

I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.

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.

If you want to ask about my drug problem, go ask my big, fat, smart, ten pound daughter, she'll answer any questions you have about it.