Frankie Shaw Quotes

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective - it does!

Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.

I've got a little boy coming and I can't wait. It's going to be the biggest thing that has happened to me in my life so far. Bigger than any Tour de France win.

Really getting married, settling down, and having a kid - that was the biggest thing for me. I realized, this little girl that came into my life, that I created with my wife, and how special is that?

Fatherhood has changed my whole life.

I think that having a baby is going to change my mind in so many ways. I have no idea how, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

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.

People change naturally when they have children.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.

I really do believe that the experience of having a child is going to actually make me a much better cinematographer.

My advice for men who aren't yet parents is to make sure you're a happy person before having a baby.

I got pregnant five or six months after I retired, and then it was off to the races! It was a complete change of gears, and I was refocusing my life on my family.

When I had a kid, it was a game changer.

One thing about having children is that even as it complicates many aspects of your life, it simplifies others.

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

It wasn't until the birth of my daughter that I realised I had to get it together. I had my second chance in life to do what I'm doing, which is inspire people to not give up.

I had a one-year-old son. How will my failure or success limit what he becomes? I was trying to write screenplays. It doesn't pay very well until you sell one. I was poor.

Having children has been one of the biggest things that has happened to me in my life.

Becoming a parent has just completely changed me, and made life so beautiful and given me such a center and a focus and such joy.

I got married and had a baby. Created a human.