I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little. Peter Carey activistfriendhave Change image and share on social
I'm interested in where we are, where we're going, where we've come from. Peter Carey haveinterest Change image and share on social
I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of curiosity, some investigation into the past. Peter Carey bearbookcuriosity Change image and share on social
I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it. Peter Carey basecharacterpeople Change image and share on social
My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the world before. Peter Carey ambitionbeautifulcontinual Change image and share on social
Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry. Peter Carey anxietyfictionfull Change image and share on social
I like how they are. I think they're great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I've ever lived. Really, it's terrific. Peter Carey communitygreathave Change image and share on social
The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows. Peter Carey colossaldramaticallyfreedom share on social
I think that thing about the destruction of the world is there all the time, it's there every day when we look out the window. Peter Carey daydestructionthing Change image and share on social
I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book. Peter Carey bookknownight Change image and share on social
