Denise Morrison Quotes

I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community.

Life is too short to work so hard.

I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me.

So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance.

I don't believe that you have a work life and a home life. I believe that you have one life, and either it's working or it isn't working.

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.

I just don't think any job is worth sacrificing your private life for.

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

Ha, well you see... this notion of a balanced life, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to have that... but I can have what I call an integrated life.

I love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.

I don't know anyone that says, 'Boy, I had a great career, and I'm happy because I screwed up my life outside of my career, my family life.' There's no one that feels that way.

Europeans still believe that working is for living. Americans often have that the other way around.

Your profession should give you enjoyment, but it should never be your life.

I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my life.

Family and personal life always come first and career second.

It's a balance - sometimes you have to concentrate on your home life, and sometimes you have to concentrate on your work life.

I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.

There comes a point in your life where you have to accept that you cant work all the time because there are people that need you waiting at home.

I don't strive for balance. I just try to get through my to-do list, with my kids' homework being at the top of it, and then try to prepare for the next audition or whatever scene I'm shooting next. Balance.

Life is already too short to waste on speed.

There are two great things that we need to find in life: one is love, probably the most important, and the second is work, and they compete with one another from time to time.

I think for all the women who are working parents it's difficult to balance your work-life and your home-life. You make obvious sacrifices because you really just want to be with your family.