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I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.

When you have children it completely shifts your focus; they become the most passionate love of your life.

Before having children, I think I probably approached work very differently, and you become much more economical and pragmatic about your relationship to it.

Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life.

I find myself enjoying a deeper love than I ever imagined was possible in the form of my daughter and certainly in the union with my wife. It makes everything else, including work, which is one of the things I'm most passionate about, pale by comparison.

Motherhood is an amazing feeling, and if you get to relive those special moments while working, it works as an icing on the cake. Kids have always been close to my heart, and working with them is a pleasure for me.

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.

There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.