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" Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of. "

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" As you get older, you do just get tired. "

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" Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning. "

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" The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city. "

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

" I'd always loved writing, in the same way that I'd loved painting. I wouldn't have seen it as a career. "

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

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" Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive. "

" Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility. "

" As we've lost this idea of pilgrimage, we've lost this idea of human beings walking for a very, very long time. It does change you. "

" 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. "

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" By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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