All Colleen McCullough Quotes
- Old age is an ordeal, of flesh and mind. Of winding down, of slowing down, of dying cells. It's accepting the loss of physical attractiveness… Accepting
- It's no fun to be a bluestocking in a family of jockstraps. Bluestocking
- I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures. Childhood
- There's a story... a legend, about a bird that sings just once in its life. From the moment it leaves its nest, it searches for… Agony
- 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… Dressed
- Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred. Age
- My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth. Easier
- Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing… Character
- There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be. Gratified
- The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody like me might saying that they bought in white Australia.… Australia
- I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more… Chinese
- My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist… Always Insist
- It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice Character
- In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else Ive ever written. I find a… Anything Else
- That's the purpose of old age... To give us a breathing space before we die, in which to see why we did what we did. Age
- 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. Art
- I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand. Explicit
- I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer. Editor
- I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens. Colouring
- There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage. Difficult