The blank page doesn't bother me. It's the voice in my head (not always my own) that gives me the yips. It's worse when I'm not making stuff up.

There is nowhere else I'd rather be, nothing else I would prefer to be doing. I am at the beach looking west with the continent behind me as the sun tracks down to the sea. I have my bearings.

The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.

It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.

For every moment the sea is peace and relief, there is another when it shivers and stirs to become chaos. It's just as ready to claim as it is to offer.

We rise to a challenge and set a course. We take a decision. You put your mind to something. Just deciding to do it gets you halfway there. Daring to try.

The desert is a spiritual place, we vaguely understand, and the sea the mere playground of our hedonism.

I came home at dusk with my ears ringing from the quiet.

Overfishing is an obvious threat to our capacity to feed ourselves.

It's impossible to imagine what Australia would be like without surfing.

People do change - individuals, families, nations - and the pace of transformation need not be geological.

Good Enough

She wasn't to know there was no room for Soren - or any other boy - in my heart. There was only one boy taking up that place.Luca.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.

He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.

He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.

I like things that are educational and educational. I like things that are inspirational.

I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely.

There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.

I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.