“In Australia surfing was for the oiks. It was always rebellious. And sadly it was for a long time a bit unreflective and macho and anti-intellectual. Unlike other sports it was essentially a youth cult, like rock and roll. But like rock and roll its people grew up.” PeopleLongBitsSportsRocksYouthGrewGrew UpLong TimeIntellectualAustraliaRock And RollCultSurfingRebelliousMacho Author:Tim Winton
“For a while Australians were desperately trying to be cosmopolitan. I think it is a pointless exercise. Australian novels are those rooted in Australia, with Australian landscapes and colours. My work has always had bits of Western Australia in it. It is always here. The world comes to us.” ThinkingWorldTryingBitsNovelExerciseWesternLandscapeColourAustraliaRootedAustralianPointless Author:Tim Winton
“It is always amusing to me and delightful of course that my books sell so well in America and other parts of the world. I can't imagine what people must think as they read my books in Poland. Or in Hebrew and Greek. People are reading all the stories which are about bits of Western Australia.” PeopleThinkingWorldWellsI CanBookStoriesAmericaCoursesReadingBitsImagineSellsWesternGreekAustraliaDelightfulAmusingHebrewPoland Author:Tim Winton
“The beachcomber goes looking for trouble, everything he finds is a sign of trouble. The writer is the same; without trouble he has nothing to work with, so he picks over the tide line, over the bits and pieces of people's lives with grim fascination.” PeopleBitsNatureLinesPiecesTroublePicksBeachTidesFascinationGrimBits And Pieces Book:Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir Source: Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir
