The end of the world begins in the sea we love.

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.

Donald Trump has been rejecting the idea of trade agreements like NAFTA, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.

Meanwhile I'll probably see him again. That's how sick I am.

Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.

Beginning to create again was something that I took for granted but I never will take it for granted again.

If something happens to me, you're going to hear about it. I only know how to write songs about my life.

There are multi-scatterings of various and associated issues and concerns, but it all boils down to accountable people versus those unwilling to be accountable.

A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.

Yes, I had to learn how to live life outside, but I had so many people help me.

I am afraid for my health. I'm definitely burning the candle a little, at both ends, and I have to be careful about that.