The journey is long, the road is dark and frightening, but together we can reach our destination: the Tasmania of which we all dream, where all are welcome and all prosper, made no longer of lies but truth, built not of rich men's hate but our love for our island and for each other.

The path to survival was to never give up on the small things.

I think writing should be about change.

What you're constantly seeking isn't a style, but a transparency between your soul and the words. And your soul is ever in flux, so therefore you have to constantly find new forms of words that might be able to register these changes in the soul.

You have to attempt to find new forms that will force you to write freshly and better and hopefully more truthfully.

I think it's always wrong of writers to make too much of the pains of their labors, because most people have much worse jobs and suffer such indignities and hardships.

When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.