Graeme Simsion

I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

I am a big advocate of the role of the bookstore in the community.

I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas than with people.

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!

To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'