Travis Knight Quotes

My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.

I didn't want to do a throwaway, mindless movie with fart jokes just to make 6-year-olds laugh. I want to provide my children with some substance.

The best compliment we ever got on 'Clone Wars' was a parent coming up and telling me that it was something they could watch with their kids. I really love that.

It's a long haul bringing up our children to be good; you have to keep doing that — bring them up — and that means bringing things up with them: Asking, telling, sounding them out, sounding off yourself — finding, through experience, your own words, your own way of putting them together. You have to learn where you stand, and make sure your kids learn [where you stand], understand why, and soon, you hope, they'll be standing there beside you, with you.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence, and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.

I like doing family films.

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.

The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

I don't believe that art is just for entertainment. I want to create art that is meaningful in some way.

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

As a person, the only people who matter are my kids and how they see me.

I talk to our kids now that they are grown up, and I ask them about the experiences that had growing up that really had a powerful influence on the way they view the purpose of life. The experiences that really shaped their values - my wife and I have no memory of those experiences!

When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do.

Mothers, stay close to your daughters. Earn and deserve their love and respect. Be united with their father in the rearing of your children. Do nothing in your life to cause your daughters to stumble because of your example.

As a dad, it's kind of exciting to see that your son follows what you believe in so strongly.

I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.

I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.

A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.

My wife, Melissa, and I, together with our neighbors, try to create experiences for our kids that build character. We want our kids to exercise their muscles and their minds.

My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.

People have to understand how important it is for kids to be nurtured by their mom and dad and get the great role modeling when they are young.

There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life.