Cathy Freeman

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.

I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.