It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking. — Laura Moriarty Eye Copy Share Image
“That's what spending time with the young can do - it's the big payoff for all the pain. The young can exasperate,… — Laura Moriarty Spending time Copy Share Image
I wasn't that familiar with silent films. I didn't know, for example, how hugely popular silent films were in the 1920s, how… — Laura Moriarty Cinema Copy Share Image
Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege — Laura Moriarty Alternatives Copy Share Image
While I was writing the book, I went to see Louise Brooks's most famous film, Pandora's Box, at the Tivoli in Kansas… — Laura Moriarty Big screen Copy Share Image
I always found Louise Brooks interesting. She was an icon of the silent - film era, and I knew she'd grown up… — Laura Moriarty Brooks Copy Share Image
Maybe children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted,… — Laura Moriarty Affection Copy Share Image
Shooting stars are not really stars at all but meteorites, burning their way through our atmosphere, sometimes landing in the oceans and… — Laura Moriarty Atmosphere Copy Share Image
“She was a lover and a lewd cohabitator, a liar and a cherished friend, an aunt and a kindly grandmother, a champion… — Laura Moriarty Fear Copy Share Image
“I think if Jesus would have been alive today, he would have been all about the pot. I think he would have… — Laura Moriarty Humor Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to intergenerational tension, and it must have been strong in the 1920s: I wondered how Louise's [Brooks] generation of flappers… — Laura Moriarty Age Copy Share Image
