There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.

Being in one's 50s is a powerful time.

Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity.

The Notion Of A Contemporary Epiphany To Me Is Very Exciting, Because It's A Sort Of Biblical Thing. It's Something That Has Happened To People In Other Centuries Or In The Context Of Religious Experience...!!!

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.

After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.