Rachel Ward

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.

Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.

Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings.

Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.