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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.

It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

I don't know why some people have children at all if they know that they can only take a few weeks off work.

I always feel like I want more time with my kids. But I reject the notion that you can't have it all. I think you can: just not necessarily in abundance.

I didn't want children until my late thirties because my career was taking off, and I was having such a good time in New Order. But when you have children, you have to make decisions; I always wanted to stay at home with my kids.

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters.

I don't work all the time. That's why I waited to have children until I was ready for that. I try to organise my time according to them because they need me. I don't want to put my work first anymore because it's not as important as my children.

I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life.

It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.