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18 quotes by Liane Moriarty

Liane Moriarty Born November 1966 Sydney, Australia Occupation Novelist Nationality Australian Period 2004 - Present Website lianemoriarty.com.au Liane Moriarty (born November 1966) is an Australian author. She is the sister of author Jaclyn Moriarty.
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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... →

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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... →

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Lots of hurtful secrets are better off kept. The problem is that people find it so hard to keep them.

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'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... →

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Friends and family do not believe you write fiction. They truly believe that every word you write is either autobiographical or based on them. I once... →

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The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.

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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... →

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I have a six-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter, so I write when they are at school and pre-school, or when I have a babysitter.

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I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think we're pretty much alike!

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It's always the paragraphs I loved most, the ones I tenderly polished and re-read with pride, that my editor will suggest cutting.

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My real thinking and planning gets done when I'm doing something else like driving or walking or taking the shower.

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Sometimes when I'm stuck, I really do need that cup of tea, or that chocolate, or a break, or a walk, but in most cases what I actually need to... →

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I'm not an outliner. I come up with a premise and then take it from there.

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