Ant Anstead

“I go to bed every night and think about what I'm grateful for.”

“The thing about having a deadline like a baby is that it sharpens the pencil. It makes sure stuff gets done.”

“Happiness is very powerful and contagious.”

“Writing is my escapism.”

“Nobody controls me but me.”

“I think a lot of burden is put on someone's middle name, but the reality is that you never use it.”

“I get up with a renewed sense of energy because what I do feels purpose-driven.”

“The great thing about being married to somebody like Christina is that we both are on the same page. We're both energetic, we're both busy, we're both 100 miles an hour.”

“There's no quick fix for a broken heart.”

“All five kids are the first priority.”

“I think it's important to note that, you know, we live in a time where everything's changed. The idea of blended families is now not foreign to anybody, it's actually quite commonplace.”

“It's amazing to see how COVID has actually brought many families together. And while we are not physically together, thanks to technology, we feel that we are.”

“There's this whole kind of fiction and image that marriage is perfect.”

“My dad couldn't change a wheel. But I bought my first car when I was 16.”

“If you ask anybody that knows me properly, they know that I give myself fully.”

“As a kid I always had Lego and Mecchano, model sets.”

“A home creates an anchor for the rest of your life.”

“You kind of know your place in the world as a parent. And the minute you become a parent, is the minute you understand that.”

“And the thing about healing is sometimes you feel like you're making daily progress, and then, from nowhere, your legs get taken out, and you feel like you start again.”

“I reached this turning point where I was either going to dwell in the darkness or I was just going to slap myself around the face a few times and say, 'Wake up; you're incredibly blessed. Focus on all the great things.'”