12 Liane Moriarty Quotes for You to Enjoy

Liane Moriarty

Australian Author

Born: Nov 15, 1966

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Often, I think bullying - especially in its adult, verbal forms - is the sort of thing you don't realize till the end of the day, and it's a horrible feeling to realize something wasn't just a bland statement but was actually cruel. But then, we're all capable of things that are breathtakingly cruel. Liane Moriarty

Bullying Day You End Of The Day Feeling Think Statement Horrible Something Bland Adult Cruel Sort Verbal Till End Often Just Forms Capable Realize Then Actually Thing Things

Often I think bullying - especially in its adult, verbal forms - is the sort of thing you don't realize till the end of the day, and it's a horrible feeling to realize something wasn't just a bland statement, but was actually cruel. But then we're all capable of - of things that are breathtakingly cruel. Liane Moriarty

Bullying Day You End Of The Day Feeling Think Statement Horrible Something Bland Adult Cruel Sort Verbal Till End Often Just Forms Capable Realize Then Actually Thing Things

Google is my best friend and my worst enemy. It's fabulous for research, but then it becomes addictive. I'll have a character eating an orange, and next thing I'm Googling types of oranges, I'm visiting chat rooms about oranges, I'm learning the history of the orange. Liane Moriarty

Best Character History Learning Enemy Google Research Addictive Types Worst Visiting Best Friend Fabulous Eating About Chat Becomes Friend Orange Oranges The History Of Rooms Then Next Next Thing Thing

I remember the absolute joy I used to get out of writing. The purity of imagining something and then putting it down on paper - it was such a pleasure. I read whatever I could get my hands on, from 'Great Expectations' to 'The Thorn Birds.' Liane Moriarty

Great Writing Joy Remember Whatever Down Birds Thorn Paper Pleasure Out Something Purity Absolute Could Putting Read Expectations Get Hands Hands-On Then Used Imagining

We all, as parents, are laughing at ourselves and helicopter parenting and saying, 'This isn't the way we were parented; we were allowed to run free.' When I talk to my friends, we are all fascinated by what we are doing, but we can't seem to stop ourselves. Liane Moriarty

Saying Parenting Free Parents Way Ourselves Laughing Run Seem Allowed Talk Doing Were Friends Stop Helicopter Fascinated

Every time I sit down to write, I need to commit to a word count goal, otherwise I waste too much time editing and re-editing my previous work, staring dreamily off into space, pretending that I'm thinking profound, poetic thoughts when really I'm just thinking, 'Look at me being a writer! I'm so happy I'm a writer!' Liane Moriarty

Work Time Me Thoughts Happy Editing Space Word Too Much Pretending Sit Down Every Thinking Too Every Time Otherwise Too Much Time Poetic Previous Write Writer Count Look Goal Off Commit Just Being Much Really Waste Staring Profound Need

'Big Little Lies' is the story of a school trivia night that goes horrifically wrong, when one parent ends up dead, possibly murdered. I have never attended a school trivia night where a parent ended up dead. In fact, I've never been to a school trivia night at all. Liane Moriarty

I love hearing other people's stories, and I freely admit I'm scavenging for material through their conversations, but really, at the same time, I'm living an ordinary life. Liane Moriarty

Life Love Time People Living Other Admit Through Freely Material Hearing Same Same Time Stories Ordinary Conversations Ordinary Life Really

Copywriting probably did make me a commercial writer. Nobody wants to read advertising copy, so you have to keep it punchy; you almost have trick them into reading it. You have to make every sentence work. Liane Moriarty

Work Me You Reading Every Trick Writer Almost Nobody Advertising Make Read Commercial Did Wants Them Sentence Keep Copy

I married my first boyfriend. We just married too young. No children. So that broke up. There were a few relationships in between, and then I met my husband Adam when I was 37. Liane Moriarty

Husband First Met Few Young Too Relationships Broke Married Between Boyfriend Were Up Just Children In-Between Then Adam

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