Doreen Cronin Quotes

Time becomes more precious when you have children.

If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

I have a six-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter, so I write when they are at school and pre-school, or when I have a babysitter.

When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.

I have an amazing wife and three beautiful children, and that certainly makes you less obsessive about your art as a musician - which I've always felt was more like painting than anything.

The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.

There is a right time for everything. There was a time when I wanted to settle down and have a family. I wanted to give time to my kids. I had worked for nearly 19 years when I got married.

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

When you have a kid at home, it takes up all your time.

I used to spend hours reading the Sunday papers, but then I had 900 children so I don't any more.

Becoming a dad has been a big change for me - I didn't have any responsibilities before. I obviously practised every day, but there was that luxury of things like watching movies when I wanted or waking up whenever I wanted.

I am not a slow writer, I am not a fast writer . . . I am a half-fast writer.

My life revolves around my writing, my wife and my son.

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.

With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

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.

There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.

I think that when you have kids, it's all about them.

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

Children enhance you.

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.