“There are problems with the wombat," Nathan Schick said. "I was interested in wombats in '29. I went up to your zoo in Sydney and looked at the wombat. The fellow said you could train them but God, Herbie, no… — 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
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
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. — Peter Carey Copy Share
“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
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
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
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
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
“He were still smiling but his voice were hard as a spoon rattling in a metal cup.” — Peter Carey Copy Share
“Would you rather have the lords and nobles back? What is Democracy for? Not so we can rob each other. Or cheat.' I said… — Peter Carey Copy Share
“7. Some Theories that Arose at the Time 1. The world is merely a dream dreamt by god who is waking after a long… — Peter Carey Copy Share
I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little. — Peter Carey Copy Share
