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

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

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.

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

It's an old Aboriginal word meaning 'Let's get together and have fun'. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.

I drift along, thinking about the past a great deal. The past is so reliable, so delightful, and the best place to live. I end up there quite often, you know; it's very comfortable and dependable.

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia