Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It’s always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself. Matthew Nable Read Quote
Writing novels is where I’m most comfortable. It’s a very intimate experience. Matthew Nable Read Quote
Post-traumatic stress disorder didn’t surface as a condition until 1980… that fact was very relevant when I remember back to how these men behaved. A lot of walking on eggshells was required for wives and children. Matthew Nable Read Quote
I tend to keep things that bother me clandestine… well-hidden. I’m also not very good at recognising the reasons that change my moods – they just seem to happen, which is not great for those around me. Matthew Nable Read Quote
I’ve worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke. Matthew Nable Read Quote
Given the choice of living in Los Angeles or living in Sydney, I would choose Sydney. Matthew Nable Read Quote
Writing is a very easy way for me to express myself. When I was still at school, I would write for no reason other than I wanted to write. Matthew Nable Read Quote
I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy. Matthew Nable Read Quote
By the time I was 23 or 24 and had written the first manuscript of ‘The Final Winter’, I knew I wanted to make it a career but didn’t know how. It took me a long time to grow into myself, but when my love of writing returned, it did so with an enormous amount of venom. It is now a mainstay in my life. Matthew Nable Read Quote
