I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes academia tempt
The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play. Frances O'Connor characterclassicdeal Change image and share on social
In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two period pieces so it was like, 'When are you going to get out of the corsets?' And I was thinking I just got into them! Frances O'Connor australiacontemporarycorset share on social
I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now. Frances O'Connor aspectcatholiccode share on social
All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shamelessly shoplift words, plucking bons mots and phrases from any tempting language. We wear these words when we wish to be more formal, more elegant, more mysterious, worldly, precise, vague. Rabih Alameddine bonelegantformal share on social
I went into academia thinking that there'd be constant reciprocity between my scholarship and my creative work but found that doing one always turned my mind into the sort of tool that was badly suited to doing the other. Alexandra Kleeman academiabadlyconstant share on social
