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“My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.”

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Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay was an Australian novelist known for his poignant and emotionally charged works. His novels often set in the Australian outback, delve into the complexities of human nature and the resilience of life. more

“Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a junior copywriter to being the creative director of one of the largest advertising agencies in the country took me 4.5 years, which is, well, a fairly spectacular rise.”

Years Wells Country Natural Creative Directors Advertising Agency Educate Spectacular Juniors Advertising Agencies

Author:Bryce Courtenay

“The imagination is always the best torturer.”

Imagination

Book:The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

“I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.”

People Ends Born Memories Poor Great Depression Tag Orphanage

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“I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on and that you were gifted with and lose the gifts that were given.”

People Hard Given Loses Brain Watches Intellectual Gifted Sharpness

Author:Bryce Courtenay

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