Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay, AMwas a South African/Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The Power of One...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 August 1933
love naked seem truth understand
My job, and that's my job, is to dress the naked truth. To make it interesting, to make it viable, to make it seem like something you understand and feel and love.
advertising five intended journalism life meant six work
Advertising was only meant to be a very small part of my life. I had intended that I would work extensively in journalism for about five or six years and then I'd become a writer.
date guess jumping moon
I guess my use-by date is just about up but if I could come back as a storyteller now, I would be jumping over the moon because wow, just think what's available.
bible english five forced learn life taught three verses wonderful
The only thing I can say that is wonderful about my mother is she forced me to learn three verses of the Bible every day of my life, and I've read the Bible now five times and it taught me the English language.
work writes
The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.
believe heart men
As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.
boxing mouths sometimes
Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.
two brain library
Your brain, Peekay, has two functions; it is a place for original thought, but also it is a reference library. Use it to tell you where to look, and then you will have for yourself all the brains that have ever been
emergencies sometimes sometimes-in-life
sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency
talking debate conversation
Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.
jobs different actors
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.
lying believe i-believe
I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.
mind way exciting
I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.
motivational self-confidence pride
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.