Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

I am a mother, so I'm used to balancing things.

Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.

When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.

Having a child is a lifetime commitment, the biggest one you can possibly make.

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

I quite liked having a baby - I think I won't put it more strongly than that. But I had no intention of allowing motherhood to disrupt my work as an archeologist.

I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.

If I could, I would have my son on tour the whole time. But he has school, summer camp, and he has to see his mother.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key.

Back in the day, years ago, in 1988, the only TV I watched was 'Doctor Who' because I had children and two full-time jobs, and 'Doctor Who' was the exact length of time it took to do my nails, so I would watch 'Doctor Who' once a week!

When my children were young, I set my routine according to their needs.

The minute I had him, my son, I realized that I had to just time-manage in a way that I never had to before.

I have realised that baby care needs a lot of time management.

I wanted to get a puppy, but then things started getting super, super busy, and I didn't have a chance.

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 think that since I've had the baby, who's almost two, it's a work-hard-play-hard. Imake a lot of lists, I'm very scheduled, which is hard sometimes, but it keeps me organized - I know Now I can play or Now I've got to work.

It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

Should have dogs before they have kids. Everybody.

My children are babies and my husband has scarcely half an hour in 24 to give me.

Now people think it's cool to have a baby, but it ain't cool to take care of it. We have to change that. You make your life for that baby. That's the future.

I might want to do a hundred things in a given day, but I know I have to pick up my kids between 5 and 6. That is the most important thing. So I fit in everything else around that. I know what needs to be done, and then I know what I want to get done.

I don't watch television because I have a tiny baby daughter. I'm useless.