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
people brain intellectual
I watch people get older and lose their intellectual acuity; you lose that sharpness, that cleanness, that brain that you worked so hard on and that you were gifted with and lose the gifts that were given.
kings people world
If I were king of the world there wouldn't be boat people, there would only be people coming in boats. I would mix us all up so that we were all exactly one shade of each other.
memories people tag
I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.
believe heart men
As is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.
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
emergencies sometimes sometimes-in-life
sometimes in life doing what we shouldn't do is the emergency
talking debate conversation
Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.
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.
lying believe i-believe
I tell myself lies and soon I believe them.
mind way exciting
I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.
motivational self-confidence pride
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
too-much pebbles diamond
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.
taken stronger matter
Always listen to yourself. It is better to be wrong than to simply follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you will grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.
hands water wish
I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.