Rachel Morrison Quotes

I don't think anything changes after marriage. Things change in a big way after becoming a mother.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

Having kids sets a bomb off in your life. It really makes you examine who you are, what you believe in and what you want to be. And that is magical for creativity.

Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

I definitely want to have kids. I've grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.

I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.

My passion for film-making was bordering indulgence. But gone are those days when I was adventurous.

My life is divided up into before I had kids and after.

Because you give birth, because you impregnate someone, that does not automatically give you that title of mother or father. You earn the title.

I think when you have children, it just changes your worldview.

There's no better way to unplug than having children. Changing diapers is one of the most leveling things that has ever happened to me.

I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that's changed my entire perspective.

Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children.

Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity.

Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people.

But now I have a child, and it's the best thing in the world.

Parenting is the most important profession in the world.

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

Having my son made me grow up. I'm keeping my dangers in the movies.

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

I've found it easier to write, to coalesce my thoughts, since having children. It brings you back to what you experienced yourself as a child, and you empathize with what your parents went through.

For me, just being how old I am, I know I don't want to be a single mom. I really would rather make it a two-person job. But I've also come to terms with not being a mother at all. I'm actually really good with either direction that my life can take as being a valid experience.