A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them. Kate Grenville bitecultureexplore share on social
I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand. Kate Grenville bookfactlove Change image and share on social
I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts. Kate Grenville exceptionalfeelinterest share on social
'The Secret River' began because, at the age of 50, I suddenly realised I knew nothing about how my own family had got its foothold in Australia. Kate Grenville ageaustraliabegin Change image and share on social
Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me. Kate Grenville interestlanguageplay Change image and share on social
I would never write a sentence that didn't have a nice rhythm, or at least I wouldn't leave it to be published like that. It seems to me that prose mustn't be prosaic. Kate Grenville leavemustnnice Change image and share on social