Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay, AMwas a South African/Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The Power of One...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 August 1933
Bryce Courtenay quotes about
games play feet
You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game.
power-of-one conventions self-determination
Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.
men thinking good-man
what is a german? to say a man is a german, what is that? does it tell you if he is a good man? or a bad man? no, my friend, it tells you nothing about a man to say he is german. a man must think what he is inside. what he is on the outside, how can this matter?
men humanity mind
In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just let stand. The mystery is more important than any possible explanation. The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery.
heart firsts power-of-one
First with the head, then with the heart.
book alive stills
But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.
storyteller entertainers
I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller.
What's the point in being an unpopular writer? It just doesn't make a lot of sense. For me it doesn't, anyway.
boxing mouths sometimes
Sometimes, very occasionally, you do your best boxing with your mouth.
two brain library
Your brain, Peekay, has two functions; it is a place for original thought, but also it is a reference library. Use it to tell you where to look, and then you will have for yourself all the brains that have ever been
jobs different actors
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.
hate past natural
You can't go feeding your hate on the past, it's not natural.
too-much pebbles diamond
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.
there-comes-a-time ashamed knows
It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something.