“Since I had never been so sexually attracted to a woman before, I was suddenly compelled to examine her ears.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel. — Graeme Simsion Books Copy Share Image
“How can you tell if someone is a vegan? Just wait ten minutes and they’ll tell you.” — Graeme Simsion Food Copy Share Image
“Take notice of your emotions as well as logic. Emotions have their own logic. And try to go with the flow.” — Graeme Simsion Emotions Copy Share Image
“It would be unreasonable to give you credit for being incredibly beautiful.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“My room was only eleven floors above Rosie's, so I walked up the stairs.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I diagnosed brain overload and set up a spreadsheet to analyze the situation.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. ‘I know… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I shook my head to test for a hangover but it seemed that my alcohol-processing enzymes had done their job adequately.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“The Apricot Ice-cream Disaster had cost a whole evening of my life, compensated for only by the information about simulation algorithms.” — Graeme Simsion Life Copy Share Image
“Then, in this vanishingly small moment in the history of the universe, she took my hand, and held it all the way… — Graeme Simsion History Copy Share Image
I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas… — Graeme Simsion Academia Copy Share Image
“I could no longer be equated with the Virgin Mary. I had been corrupted. I was like everyone else. My stone-casting credibility… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“Vegetarians and vegans can be incredibly annoying. Gene has a joke: ‘How can you tell if someone is a vegan? Just wait… — Graeme Simsion Food Copy Share Image
“You know what I like about New York?” he said. “There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We… — Graeme Simsion New york Copy Share Image
“I am able to hug Rosie. This was the issue that caused me the most fear after she agreed to live with… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“But my strategy was to minimize the chance of making a type-one error—wasting time on an unsuitable choice. Inevitably, that increased the… — Graeme Simsion Risk Copy Share Image
I could not see the speedometer, and was not accustomed to travelling in an open vehicle, but I estimated that we were… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“When I returned, wearing an uncomfortably large white shirt, with a decorative frill in the front, I tried to introduce the Wife… — Graeme Simsion Saturday night Copy Share Image
To the world's most perfect woman. It was lucky my father was not present. Perfect is an absolute that cannot be modified,… — Graeme Simsion Brain Copy Share Image
“But I’m not good at understanding what other people want.’ ‘Tell me something I don’t know,’ said Rosie for no obvious reason.… — Graeme Simsion Bees Copy Share Image
“I believed I did well. I detected the trick question. I wanted Rosie to like me, and I remembered her passionate statement… — Graeme Simsion Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
“Once a week, in order to deal with the demands of living with another person, and to continue to improve my skills… — Graeme Simsion Mental health Copy Share Image
“I have never heard of the Wife Project. But I’m about to. In detail.’ ‘Of course,’ I said. ‘But we should time-share… — Graeme Simsion Wife Copy Share Image
“You considered me as a partner?’ ‘Sure,’ she said. ‘Except for the fact that you have no idea of social behaviour, your… — Graeme Simsion Feeling love Copy Share Image
“By the time Rosie came back, I had performed a brain reboot, an exercise requiring a considerable effort of will. But I… — Graeme Simsion Reboot Copy Share Image
“My schedule and social skills had now been brought into line with conventional practice, to the best of my ability within the… — Graeme Simsion Social skills Copy Share Image
“It was only later that I realised that I had experienced extended close contact with another human without feeling uncomfortable. I attributed… — Graeme Simsion Dance Copy Share Image
Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my… — Graeme Simsion Alcohol Copy Share Image
“Why do we focus on certain things at the expense of others? We will risk our lives to save a person from… — Graeme Simsion Children Copy Share Image
“Research has shown that creativity is enhanced when performing straightforward mechanical tasks such as jogging, cooking and driving. Unobstructed thinking time is… — Graeme Simsion Creativity Copy Share Image
So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Interestingly for me, modern rom coms have not always been funny - many of the iconic rom coms are more like light… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I have revised my approach to Bach, and am no longer trying to follow individual notes. It is much more successful” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“Fault! Asperger’s isn’t a fault. It’s a variant. It’s potentially a major advantage. Asperger’s syndrome is associated with organization, focus, innovative thinking,… — Graeme Simsion Autism Copy Share Image
“We are genetically programmed to react to stimuli in our immediate vicinity. Responding to complex issues that we cannot perceive directly requires… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“Time’s up. Excellent work. All the rational solutions came from the aspies. Everyone else was incapacitated by emotion.” — Graeme Simsion Excellent work Copy Share Image
“I’d been dubbed Seagull, after a joke that consultants fly in, do a lot of flapping and squawking, shit all over everybody,… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I could have argued that her wanting to do something for me meant she was ultimately acting in her own interests, but… — Graeme Simsion Behaviour Copy Share Image
There's definitely a role for online booksellers, but they can't host events, bring people together, and form a personal relationship in the… — Graeme Simsion Booksellers Copy Share Image
