“I can't just lie in bed and be self-obsessed if there are two children...” — Julia Davis Quote

“I can't just lie in bed and be self-obsessed if there are two children running about who could easily fall down the stairs.”

“I sometimes write in a cafe down the road from my house now because I feel guilty trying to work if I can hear them playing. I invariably end up sat in a corner, depressed, retreating into my own world.”

“You have to be enough of a parent - you have to be there. If I'm feeling bad, I really do just have to get on with it and try and channel it back into my work somehow, do something positive with it.”

“I was on the stairs coming down when she let him in.”

“My dad was running up and down stairs at 85; my granddad lived until 96, and married a much younger woman at 86.”

“Am I going to be able to walk up a flight of stairs with my kids when I'm older? Am I going to be able to play with them? Probably not.”