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"The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody like me might saying that they bought in white Australia. But I believe they did."
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"She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's."

"In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination."

"I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one to be more political. It will deal with the formation of white Australian policy and things like that."

"There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be."

"My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth."

"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."

"It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice."

"Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I'll check my research."
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