Liane Moriarty Quotes

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young women? Answer: ME!

Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.

I write for the same reason I read: to find out what's going to happen.

The only way to be a novelist, to think that you can create something others will give themselves up to for a dozen hours or more, is to have psychotic self-belief.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

I'd waste a holiday trying to set a story in this new place I'd visit, whereas I would never write a story about Indianapolis.

I want to do a travel book.

The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it.

What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what I love about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

Most of my short stories are fantasy.

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I would say the reason that I've never written a novel is because I've never written a novel.

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.

There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.

I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world.

I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past.

I love funny women. I love writing funny women characters.

I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist.

I'm not nearly smart enough or imaginative enough to tackle the novel form. Never happen.

I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to me in a flash of inspiration and takes me about two seconds to finish. The longer books, like the 'Time Warp Trio' novels, take a little longer to write - more like four seconds.

I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to give that a go; I'd like to try to be a writer.

I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel.