“I've always had a problem with conventional punctuation of dialogue be...” — Kate Grenville Quote

“I've always had a problem with conventional punctuation of dialogue because it does seem to me to set it off too much from the narrative. I mean, in life, things don't stop while somebody says something, and then stuff starts up again; it's all happening at once.”

“I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.”

“I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.”

“I came to feel an artist might use anything - a dot, a line, the most conventional or unconventional symbol - t say what he wanted to say.”

“I think I always had an unconventional career because I didn't fit the mould of the conventional heroine.”

“Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.”