The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.

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

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

Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.

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

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

I love Australia - I think.