“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
“I guess it must be a time-of-life thing, looking back and trying to make some sense of who I am and where I've been. It's a weird thing, having to give an account of yourself, to try to make sense of yourself for yourself. I'm not that old, but I have been writing fiction professionally for a long time now. I started so young and went so hard for so long. And I guess it was about feeling I had the space to look over my shoulder.” GivingWritingTryingLooksLongHas BeensHardFeelingsYoungSpaceFictionLong TimeAccountsShouldersWho I AmMake SenseLooking BackWeird ThingsWriting Fiction Author:Tim Winton
“I don't consciously watch and file lived moments for my work. I have a couple of writer friends who do that and it creeps me out, to be honest. I know people think I must do that too, but I don't. But I do have a long memory.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLongMomentsMemoriesWatchesHonestCoupleBeing HonestFilesCreeps Author:Tim Winton
“I can't make something 'useful' to me in a writing sense for a very long time. I don't have any journalistic instinct. And I do keep a journal, but it's neither very revealing nor fruitful for work. Stuff just bubbles up from the swamp later.” WritingLongI CanStuffLong TimeInstinctBubblesJournalRevealingSwampsJournalistic Author:Tim Winton
“Hunting and gathering are in my blood. But I've lived long enough to witness a diminution in the seas, and to notice a fragility where once I saw - or assumed - an endless bounty.” LongEnoughEnvironmentSawsBloodSeaEndlessWitnessHuntingGatheringFragilityBounty Book:The Boy Behind the Curtain: Notes From an Australian Life Source: The Boy Behind the Curtain: Notes From an Australian Life
