Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Roberts
Gregory David Robertsis an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryAustralia
winning sometimes loses
Sometimes you have to lose to win
shantaram myth new-things
Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.
misuse nations immune
but there's no nation uncorrupted. there's no system that's immune to the misuse of money.
ocean blood sweat
We carry oceans inside of us, in our blood and our sweat. And we are crying the oceans, in our tears.
edge essence experience extreme life people
Sometimes, when you live a life at such a wild edge, an extreme edge of experience, you can come back into the world - if you come back at all - with some essence from that experience that people find useful.