Adrian Tomine Quotes

I am at home with my kids from 6 to 8. If I have a work dinner, I'll schedule to have dinner after 8. But we're working at night. You'll get plenty of emails from me post-8 P.M. when my kids go to bed.

I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

I would never put my job before my family.

I like to think there are a lot of balls in the air, and the kids are not one that I choose to drop. They have been a priority and I have a career that allows for a little more flexibility at times and hours that are quite mom-friendly.

Balancing family and work is a top priority for me, and I treat it as such. Meaning, I actually put specific family time and events in my calendar so that precious time is dedicated and properly blocked off from any work that may try to sneak its way into my schedule.

My family is my career.

Before my career comes my family.

I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out.

I work on holidays. I work on birthdays. I work on New Year's. I work. I keep my ears to the streets.

I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.

My husband is my part of my greatest joys, so it doesn't feel like work or like I'm balancing anything. My husband and my kids absolutely come first, so work is just something where I figure out where it will fit.

I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.

I don't waste as much time at work because I'd rather spend it with my kids.

I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I'm spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be 'with my family.'

If you work at home, you're always on call in a way.

If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home.

I'm a hard worker and love my work. I have felt pulled toward work. And it's a pull I have ferociously had to counter to make room for my family.

People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives.

My main priority in any job is when is the soonest I can get back to the three people I love most in the world.

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family.

For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.

I was fortunate enough to have my kids early, so being a mom always ended up being a better gig than these other parts that came along. So I always justified not really working a lot because I had a family.

I've got young kids, so it suits me to do a job which keeps me in town right now.

My writing day follows my family's day. I get a good few hours in the mornings when the kids are out of the house. And I don't work at night any more. I like to see my family.