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 Read Quote
Asking myself, ‘Is this any good?’ is pointless. It just slows down my writing, and I can’t tell anyway. It’s always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting. Liane Moriarty Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I did some research into domestic violence, and there were some stories that will stay me with forever. Liane Moriarty Read Quote
Now you can get on Facebook and read an article, ’10 Ways You Are Ruining Your Child Forever.’ I’m sure it’s making us better parents in some ways, but in other ways, it is sending us all a little crazy. Liane Moriarty Read Quote
I’m thinking my next book should be set on a tropical island, which will obviously require days, even weeks of meticulous research, but I’m prepared to make that sacrifice. That’s just the sort of dedicated writer I am. Liane Moriarty Read Quote
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 Read Quote
