To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.

The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.

He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne.

The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.

Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that's only a recent development.

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.