In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise the national interest.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

I don't think writers need to be insane. Just crazy.

I want everything, no matter what concept or genre, to feel real, because it is real. I want to keep making real music, I hope people remember me for that, that's a good thing to be remembered for.

There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because He was infinitely beyond all that any one name could express.

You haven't lived until you've lived with a cat.

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

She wanted me to betray you guys, and I was like, 'Pfft, right, I'm gonna listen to a face in the potty sludge'.

Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.

Why seekest thou rest, since thou art born to labor? [Lat., Cur quaeris quietem, quam natus sis ad laborem?]

Virtue is not hereditary.

If true love came at a price, the price would be all worth while if i was spending it on you.