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My role as a novelist is to explore ideas and imagination, and hopefully that will inspire people from my world to continue dreaming and to believe in dreams. Alexis Wright continuedreamexplore Change image and share on social
It's a really important thing for Aboriginal people to remember how stories are told and the power of stories, and make it an important feature in our world again. Alexis Wright aboriginalfeatureimportant Change image and share on social
English is my language because of the history, and what I try to do - and I did that in 'Carpentaria' in particular - is to write in the way we tell stories and in the voice of our own people and our own way of speaking. Alexis Wright carpentariaenglishhistory share on social
As goofy as it sounds, I try to sing in the morning. It's hard both to sing and to maintain a grouchy mood, and it sets a happy tone for everyone - particularly in my case, because I'm tone deaf, and my audience finds my singing a source of great hilarity. Gretchen Rubin audiencecasedeaf share on social
In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly. Henry Spencer controldutyguy Change image and share on social
I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated. Russell Crowe attractivecommitideology Change image and share on social