Paula Poundstone Quotes

I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

I'm happy in L.A., but I will live wherever my kids are, and I don't really mind where it is.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

My singing is really important to me, but when children come along they'll be my main focus. I'd never put my career in front of my babies - it'd be a case of fitting jobs around them.

Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

When you have children it completely shifts your focus; they become the most passionate love of your life.

I willingly devoted myself to my children and to my husband. I come from a broken home, and I decided a long time ago that I would put my family ahead of everything.

My son is the most important thing in my life.

The number one thing in my whole life is my children, and I want to be there for them.

My husband is my part of my greatest joys, so it doesn't feel like work or like I'm balancing anything. My husband and my kids absolutely come first, so work is just something where I figure out where it will fit.

I love my son more than anything. I will do whatever it takes to make sure he is raised the right way.

I'm a mom first.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

Having children really changes your priorities.

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

There is nothing more important in my life than being a father. I will never allow any of my career choices or aspirations to threaten this bond.

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.

I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink.

Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.