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. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
I do not mean to say that we should, or could, return to traditional nomadic economies. I do mean to say that there are systems of knowledge and grand poetical schemata derived from the mobile life that it would be foolish to disregard or underrate. And mad to destroy. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
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. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
The truth is I’m not really interested in travel writing as it’s generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
My sense of myself is that I was a rather unformed kind of person trying to make myself up out of bits of spit and string. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
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. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
