Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to.

Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday.

The Federal Department of Odds and Ends: sweepus underum carpetae.

There's a sort of absurdity to Australia and the so-called New World nations. I sensed it all the time growing up in Western Australia, which is really remote.

Why do I always listen to your insane plans? Why aren't we at home watching TV like everyone else? What possible difference will any of this make?

I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me.

Poetry has been the guardian angel of humanity in all ages.

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.

I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time with.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

Egyptian President Sadat had a belly dancer entertain President Nixon at a state dinner. Mr. Nixon was really impressed. He hadn't seen contortions like that since Rose Mary Woods.

You get reactions and you connect to people and I love Twitter.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

I started acting when I was 5, and it was always a part of my life. My life and acting weren't separate things; they were always one.

There are only three things in the world, one is to read poetry, another is to write poetry, and the best of all is to live poetry.