After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.

There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.

There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I cant be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.

There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.

When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.

Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography.

Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity.

Fear is an emotion, not a stock indicator.

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

You can't have a laugh track that sort of tells the audience when to laugh and, you know, it's difficult to find those moments.

I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind.

The True One was there from time immemorial. He is there today and ever there you will find. He never died nor will he ever die. ... Look within, you will see Him there enshrined.

I write a lot in my head. The revision goes on internally. It's not spontaneous and it doesn't have a schedule.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.