Quotes from Liane Moriarty

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.

They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.

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.

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

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.

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 do is make myself keep writing until it flows again.

But maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums.

Those we love don't go away, they sit beside us every day.

Perhaps nothing was ever "meant to be." There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit "bendy.

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.'

She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little.

It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?

She didn't understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder while others made one tiny, careless mistake and paid a terrible price.

My husband does say it is Australia's job and my family's job to keep me grounded. They do a very good job!

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 had a character say that she never wanted to be invited to another children's birthday party, and I never received another children's birthday party invitation ever again.

Falling in love was easy.anyone could fall. It was holding on that was tricky

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