Liane Moriarty Quotes

I have the life of Riley. I take my kids to school, do a bit of work in the afternoon, pick my kids up, microwave a meal, hang out with my kids, and work for a couple of hours.

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

The kids are a big part of my schedule.

I'm not shooting every day of the week, which allows me to fly home to be with my kids for the weekends. That's how I keep it moving.

I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working.

With two kids it's hard to find down time to write so I often write during their nap time.

I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and it's a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

I definitely have a family. I have a boyfriend who has kids, and we do normal things every day, like get up and go to school. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I'm very rigid about my schedule. I sit down at 8 A.M., and the Internet blocker goes on. My standard time is 120 minutes. I'm a compulsive writer, so it reminds me to stop writing... If I write more than that, I turn into an ogre for my kids.

I am a mother, so I'm used to balancing things.

I'm a father of four so whenever I'm not working my kids have their different sports, or plays, or school performances, so I don't do a whole lot of other stuff besides being a dad.

Nothing comes before my children. I find that putting everything else in order of importance also helps to get everything done.

When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.

I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.

I used to start at about 10 at night and work until early morning. My preferred way to work is to start in the early afternoon and work until about 3, go do errands, have dinner, and then write for a few more hours in the evening.

I have more time to work; I just do. Because once your kids are up and running, that frees you up a good 20, 30, hours a week.

I'd always been around kids, and when you don't have kids, you have a lot more time to do things. Before I had kids, I was a lot more prolific and wrote books a lot faster.

My daily life is mostly spent with my three kids and raising them.

I don't have a life, really. I take my kids to school, and I go home, and I write. Then I go pick my kids up, make them dinner, put them to bed, and write some more.

I think I'll just become a full-time dad, at home, with my family.

When you have a kid at home, it takes up all your time.