I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it's there every day when we look… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“7. Some Theories that Arose at the Time 1. The world is merely a dream dreamt by god who is waking after… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“My name is Herbert Badgery. I am a hundred and thirty-nine years old and something of a celebrity. They come and look… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I used to say when I was younger, 'I'm exhausted; writers can only write for four hours a day and that's done.'… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“She held out her hand, like a man. He hesitated, then took the hand and shook it. It was very warm. You… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary,… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“I have traveled widely. I have seen this country in its infancy. I tell you what it will become. The public squares will be… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, that's… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“Remember, this is the country of the duck-billed platypus. When you are cut off from the rest of the world, things are bound to… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
If you ever read one of my books I hope you'll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I had known loneliness before, and emptiness upon the moor, but I had never been a NOTHING, a nothing floating on a nothing, known… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I did not know that history is like a blood stain that keeps on showing on the wall no matter how many new owners… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it's there every day when we look out the… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“He were still smiling but his voice were hard as a spoon rattling in a metal cup.” — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
