“My father left school at the age of fourteen, so this was a man with n...” — Peter Carey Quote

“My father left school at the age of fourteen, so this was a man with no deep experience of formal education.”

“I got a job in advertising. So even though I was writing, I was always supporting myself. That's the thing that would matter for my father, who was absolutely a creature of the Great Depression.”

“I think there was, and there is, a real Commonwealth culture. It's different. America doesn't really feel to be a part of that.”

“Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.”

“I used to say when I was younger, 'I'm exhausted; writers can only write for four hours a day and that's done.' Now I find, as I'm getting older and I'm more aware of time, I can actually write all day.”

“It's not like I've got 100 ideas. I finish a book, and I've got none.”

“I can't play video games or games on my phone because I'll go into a deep vortex, and no one will hear from me for weeks.”

“Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.”

“My fandom for 'Chucky' runs very, very deep - I have like, three Chucky dolls in my home.”

“I listen to 'deep dish house'.”

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

“It's a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war.”