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
morning flower moon
. . . God is too busy making the sun come up and go down and watching so the moon floats just right in the sky to be concerned with color . . . only man wants always God should be there to condemn this one and save that one. Always it is man who wants to make heaven and hell. God is too busy training the bees to make honey and every morning opening up all the new flowers for business.
flames long independence
I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.
power-of-one conventions self-determination
Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.
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.
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.
stupid flower night
It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let you flower for a day or a night. But don't go pestering and begging and telling him all your stupid little sins, that way you will spoil his day.