I realised that if I wished to write about the dark and not allow for hope, people would recognise it as false - because hope is the nub of what we are. Richard Flanagan darkfalsehope Change image and share on social
God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions. Richard Flanagan fictiongodgreat Change image and share on social
Black Saturday reminded many Australians of what they know only too well: that of all the advanced economies, Australia is perhaps the one most vulnerable to climate change. Richard Flanagan advanceaustraliaaustralian Change image and share on social
I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes. Richard Flanagan lifelivelove Change image and share on social
War stories deal in death. War illuminates love, while love is the greatest expression of hope, without which any story rings untrue to life. And to deny hope in a story about such darkness is to create false art. Richard Flanagan artcreatedarkness share on social
My mother hoped I'd be a plumber. Richard Flanagan hopemotherplumber Change image and share on social
Nothing seemed to offer more striking proof to the late Victorian mind of the infernal truth of social Darwinism than the supposed demise of the Tasmanian Aborigines. Richard Flanagan aboriginedarwinismdemise Change image and share on social
A fictionalised memoir of my father would be a failure as a novel. Richard Flanagan failurefatherfictionalise Change image and share on social
Shakespeare was completely fictionalising the people who were then the great celebrities of English. Richard Flanagan celebritycompletelyenglish Change image and share on social
Of all the love stories ever published, I have - realistically - read very few. Richard Flanagan lovepublishread Change image and share on social
