I don't take much from my own father, because he was a very austere, quiet, private man who would come home from work, go to his parlour and play... →
John Mahoney
I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an... →
Margaret Mahy
I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I... →
My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at... →
When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so... →
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
Norman Mailer
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
Ella Maillart
The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors work in... →
Deborah Mailman
Motherhood is wonderful, but it's also hard work. It's the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you... →
I'm not a hugely social person. Obviously there's a big part of the job that requires that as actors, but it's not the most comfortable... →