Norah O'Donnell Quotes

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.

When your child is looking up at you, and you are putting them to bed at night, and they are just lying there, you have to remind yourself that's what it's all about.

I want to do the basic things, like putting my daughter to bed. It's the sweetest thing.

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid.

With the kids around, this is a different world to me. I spend a lot of time with them till they go to their playschool. I wake up early, have breakfast with them. I come back from work and am with them again till they go to bed by 10 P.M. Touch wood, this is what I wanted always.

I make sure I carve out time to be with my daughter.

I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters.

I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.

At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next.

There are days that I love just devoting to going to the park and playing with my son, but then sometimes you have to leave out other things, or if work is a full day of work, perhaps I miss the play time with my son, and I guess the only struggle is trying to not shortchange any of the things that you want to do.

To me, the special parts of the day - and also the ones that fit with a full-time job - are bedtime and wake-up time. So I try really hard to be there for my kids as many of those nights and mornings as I can.

I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrapbook.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.

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

I don't use the phrase 'I love you' very often, but I say it every time I talk to my children.

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids.

A day with my kids is the best day.

I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you cannot be sufficiently praised.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

I see my boys about 10 days every month. And, yes, they are the most important people in my life.