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" I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film. "

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" There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose. "

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" Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in. "

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" I've chosen difficult men. But then I'm sure they'd say they'd chosen a difficult woman. "

" The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. "

" The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains the foundation of the global economy to this day. "

" Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated. "

" It is always interesting being on films sets - I have done it before with other actor friends - and I just find it fascinating. I just love that collaborative film family that develops around a project. "

" London sort of wore me down. I can't cope with the winters! "

" I'm not one of those true writers who can't bear not to be writing. Yet it's one of the most important things in my life. "

" Some of the best conversations I've had are sitting around a camp fire. "

" I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do. "

" After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight. "

" When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the tooth. "

" When 'Tracks' first came out, I was courted by Sydney Pollack. I had lunch with him, and he opened the conversation with, 'Honey, you ain't gonna like what I'm gonna do to your book.' I really liked him, but I turned him down, because - well, I was stupid. I also turned down a great deal of money. "

" Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can't do it anymore. "

" These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from. "

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" At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. "

" I don't want to be bored; I don't want to be with someone I don't respect. "