In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
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. But I believe they did. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
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 life was like for women in Australia in the 1960’s. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
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 drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I’ll check my research. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they’re easier to get in my mouth. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
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 on dragging them back to the straight and narrow. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I’ve ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination. Colleen McCullough Read Quote
I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens. Colleen McCullough Read Quote