People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.

I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.

Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.

I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.

I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.

Say to yourself: The world is full of money. Some of it has my name on it. All I have to do is collect it.

The beginnings of a forest is one of the ugliest things on the planet. It's bleak and your neighbours hate you.