My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

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

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

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don't, if you put them first, they never thank you. You'll never get a word of thanks from them.

Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.