Abi Morgan Quotes

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.

I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I didn't really appreciate life the way I should have, but fortunately I woke up.

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.

Being a mother changes perspective. Things that were once really important, the sole focus of your life, aren't the same.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.

Fatherhood has changed me, I've become more patient.

Fatherhood has changed me - it has to change you. It makes you much more aware of the minutiae of life, it's not about your needs any more, its about everyone else's.

My daughter has changed me. She has made me grow up quicker because I don't just have a kid, I have a baby girl. She has made me more patient. I am actually soft when I get around her. I don't think she changed me as a fighter, but she has changed me as a person. She has helped me mature.

Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.

Children change you. They really do.

You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look back and I'm astonished at how I lived my life - it was totally self-involved.

I've been in many relationships in my life and learned a lot from them, good and bad.

Having kids has been a turning point in my life because when I was still single, all I wanted was to impress beautiful girls.

My entire life changed when I became a mother - my priorities, my understanding, appreciation of life, and my relationship with God.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them.

Because when does anybody really grow up? I mean, I feel more grown up now, more in a place of solidity and peace. But I think a lot of people take on these roles as parents, or husband or wife, and immediately think 'That's it. I'm grown up now. Done.'

Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.

I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband.

Parenthood is so wild in its ability to put a mirror directly in your face and force you to look at yourself long and hard. What a challenge this is, but also what an exhilarating gift.