Australian Quote by Stephen McCauley

For a while Australians were desperately trying to be cosmopolitan. I think it is a pointless exercise. Australian novels are those rooted in Australia,…

— Tim Winton

She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric.

— Michael Cunningham

We need to tell Australian stories,we need to encourage and fund and present Australian work but we also need to understand that for a…

— George Brandis

“I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.”

— Sara Sheridan

I feel really qualified to write about Australia.

— Chris Lilley

Sarah Phelps is such an incredibly detailed writer. She's famous for bringing literature to life, like Dickens and Agatha Christie.

— Sarah Greene

“But none of them taught me the things I learned from Carrie White. The most important is that the writer’s original perception of a…

— Stephen King

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…

— Colleen McCullough

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god,…

— Judy Blume

Joss Whedon writes beautiful drama. His sensitivity and his sense of drama and scenes are pretty exceptional. There's no one else writing like him,…

— Olivia Williams

What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.

— Geoffrey Rush

Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until my youngest…

— Jane Gardam