Jason Isbell Quotes

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

I want to have some fun with my kids growing up.

Time spent with your children is time wisely spent.

I don't really put on makeup when I'm on mom duty at home.

To be with my daughter and play with her is so important to me.

My early memories of my dad were taking me to play football when I was six - they are happy ones. They are my favourites.

When I'm not working, I'm having fun with my son. We do lots of kids' stuff.

We always go to downtown Oklahoma City to look at all the Christmas lights that have been put up... We go to the Christmas Eve service at church, and we always beg my parents to open a present - just one present - on Christmas Eve. We get them to cave.

I spend most of my time at home dancing with my daughter to things like 'Frozen' and 'The Greatest Showman.'

With my kids I just missed so many things, and that's a regret I have.

I grew up in Imperial Beach, surfing and going to the beach - my son plays baseball at the park.

When we're home, we like to cook and be together and do mom things when we can.

It's wonderful being a mother playing anyway.

When I travel with my family it's important that we do stuff together. I'm not the sort to send my children off to a kids' club.

I don't have a life, really. I take my kids to school, and I go home, and I write. Then I go pick my kids up, make them dinner, put them to bed, and write some more.

My kids would watch from the window and wave to me during batting practice.

I missed a lot of important milestones in my children's lives to pursue this sport.

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved Shakespeare, and he took us to tons of theater.

I have my life on the field, but when I finish that, I want a quiet life with my family.

I am very lucky to have a wife who supports me, but the absence from my children was difficult from the moment I took a very difficult decision to have a career which requires so much dedication and focus, just like raising children.

Holidays are our one big family indulgence.

I really like sitting down with my daughter to watch programmes like 'Call the Midwife,' '24 hours in A&E,' 'One Born Every Minute' and 'Our Girl.' It's just the two of us, which is really nice.

I am a simple guy, most of the time I am with my family, my wife and my son. I like to be with them and they make me happy.

Time is so precious with kids that you have to spend as much time with them as you can.

New York offers a bubble out of the literary life that is very useful. We have more time for the children, for the cooking.