Kay Cannon Quotes

Bringing my two children up while writing was just a part of life. I'd much rather have had their interruptions than been stuck in a sterile office. This way, I had welcome distractions. I had to load the washing machine, I had to go out and buy lemons.

I'm like any working mom.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.

I was watching a lot of 'Game of Thrones' while I was breastfeeding a newborn.

I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit down and do things, he wants to be there with me and play the guitar.

There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.

I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you cannot be sufficiently praised.

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

I nursed Mason for 14 months and Penelope for 16, and I loved it. It was built-in time that the two of us could share alone every day. I didn't have any goals or expectations.

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

My son was three months old when I started filming 'The Hobbit,' and I was still breastfeeding.

Women who choose to breastfeed should get as much education and support as possible.

I wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old.

There are plenty of models who have children.

I keep a picture of my beloved children close by. Also, water and plenty of pads and pens.

A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain.

I juggle a lot of different balls and sometimes I don't know how I manage to keep them all up in the air, but I do!

I love and appreciate the bonding time with Mason. Nursing is surprisingly one of my favorite things.

I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically.

I want to be playing music, and I want to be a great mom, and I want to do everything.

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.

When I tell people that I lost my baby weight through breastfeeding, they think I'm exaggerating. But it was brilliant for that. It is great for bonding with your baby. It is hard when no one else can feed her, but it was worth it for me. I loved it.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.