Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough
Colleen Margaretta McCullough AOwas an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 June 1937
CountryAustralia
depth means
It means I don't have much depth of vision," ()
best
It is one of the biggest, best sellers of all time," ()
character necessary swear unless words
I will never use swear words unless they're necessary and unless I feel that is what the character would have said in those circumstances." ()
australia book fortunes fun great life wacky women
She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's.
australian deal federation months next policy stopped white
I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one to be more political. It will deal with the formation of white Australian policy and things like that." ()
men
It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.
clicked draft
In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary.
buy shoes walk
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK IN A MAN'S SHOES TO KNOW WHERE HE'S BEEN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS, BUY HIM A NEW PAIR, TO GET HIM TO WHERE HE'S GOING." ()
ahead fun patterns speech
They should all have their own speech patterns with their own tics and little foibles. It's fun working all that out ahead of time." ()
great refuse repeat
They (the publishers) would be ecstatic, I just refuse to. You can't repeat a great act." ()
home two different
Twelve thousand miles of it, to the other side of the world. And whether they came home again or not, they would belong neither here, nor there, for they would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.
pain justice
There was some justice in his pain
art book people
My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.
men ties feel-good
Oh, that feels good! I don't know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but if I ever meet him, I'll strangle him with his own invention