If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.

Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.

Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.

The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of a college education or a penny of capital but making many errors along the way. I went from being a pauper.. a hippie dropout on the dole, living in a crummy room without the proverbial pot to piss in, without even the money to pay the rent, without a clue as to what to do next.. to being rich...

I hear poets complaining: 'We face what our forebears did not face. We face TV. We face radio. We face this and that.'

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.

You'll never get rich by working for your boss.