I've always been a shy person.

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us?

In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.

All the literati keep at least one imaginary friend.

Culture is fundamental. Literature saves you. Cinema saves you.

My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.

I like sleeping at the minute, I don't really get the chance to do that.

I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.

The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.

The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball.

I like characters that are fragile and a little bit on the edge .