There is no getting around these essential ingredients: determination, effort and time. These are the real secrets to happiness.

Right now at this very moment we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.

Peace is not a goal to achieve

And so, let me repeat: who wants to believe - let them believe. But I do not want to believe, I want to know.

At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.

Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty.

I just think that when my confidence meets other people's insecurity, that equals Kanye's arrogant.

Holding Frances in my arms is the best drug in the world.

As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.

The more you make this world about you, the more miserable you will be.

Life is brief. Always act out of love, never fear.

Don't let your ego get in the way of your success.