Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough
Colleen Margaretta McCullough AOwas an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 June 1937
CountryAustralia
law bird singing
The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another note. But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.
speech want height
I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.
eye laughing golden
Best of all she liked his eyes, such a translucent golden brown, and so laughing.
editors potters i-can
I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer.
stills presses knows
When we press the thorn to our chest we know, we understand, and still we do it.
imagination bird heaven
In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else Ive ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.
names obsession duty
duty, the most indecent of all obsessions, was only another name for love.
husband feet mouths
My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth.
perfection imperfection dull
Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.
buy shoes walk
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK IN A MAN'S SHOES TO KNOW WHERE HE'S BEEN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS, BUY HIM A NEW PAIR, TO GET HIM TO WHERE HE'S GOING." ()
clicked draft
In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary.
men
It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.
australian deal federation months next policy stopped white
I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one to be more political. It will deal with the formation of white Australian policy and things like that." ()
australia book fortunes fun great life wacky women
She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's.