None of my kids want to be actors. They are actually very interested in being musicians. I think they like the process of film from the outside. Mad is interested in editing. Pax loves music and deejaying.

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, ‚Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you. I didn’t understand what marriage was. I cheated. I was wrong. We couldn’t fix it; it got worse. I stepped away because I didn’t want it to get any worse. You’re the mother of my kids – I don’t want to hate you.‘

I love good film, whether it’s an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren’t necessarily eccentric ones but they’re the more specific ones.

My three children have brought me great joy.

India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I’m sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.

Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

I’m not a parenting expert. In fact, I’m not sure that I even believe in the idea of ‚parenting experts.‘ I’m an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I’m an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

I always rewrite each day up to the point where I stopped. When it is all finished, naturally you go over it. You get another chance to correct and rewrite when someone else types it, and you see it clean in type. The last chance is in the proofs. You’re grateful for these different chances.

I feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

We’re all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it’s hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids‘ plates.

Heavenly Father loves every one of His children. After all, He is their Father.

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I’d written, I don’t want to leave that behind.

Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

My experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about – having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

The only time my records are going to be broken is by my own spawn. I’m going be training that child out the womb.

Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.

Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you. They helped shape reality, and I think human beings wouldn’t be human without narrative fiction.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

Something’s very wrong with a nation that would rather spend money on war than take care of its children.

I’ve never been that much of a money guy. I’m more of a film guy, and most of the money I’ve made is in defense of trying to keep creative control of my movies.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

I’m not a film buff. I don’t watch a lot of movies.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

People change because of kids. They change how they eat. They change the way they think. They change the way they see one another.

When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball. We don’t talk about baseball at home.

You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

My mother is a singer, my sisters all sing, my uncles are incredible singers and guitar players, so it’s just kind of been like my habitat.

It’s much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.

I did have two dads; one was a socialist, and one was a capitalist. I really decided I would rather be a capitalist.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain why I ended up tattooed or doing certain extreme things in my life.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the ’60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I was very influenced by their stuff.

God looks after children, animals and idiots.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I’m tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It’s hilarious. So we decided that I’m going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

I think – I don’t know, maybe it’s nostalgia. But the choice, losing the choice to be able to use film is going to be – it’s gone. It’s going to be gone.

Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.

Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

I’m not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, ‚All right! Get out of the room.‘

Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks.

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it’s about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn’t. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don’t take what they have for granted.

I don’t pick up toys. I crush them.

See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They’re taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say.

People have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.