Nick Earls Quotes

Don't write poems to make girls like you, because it will not make them like you but it will give them something to quote back at you later in life.

I'm happy to work until I'm 70 if I'm able to. Actually, I'm happy to keep writing as long as people keep buying my books.

One of the most interesting female characters I've written about was Meg Riddoch, the lead character in 'The Thompson Gunner'.

I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people work.

I want to grow up to be Tom Keneally or David Malouf: still in the game, relevant, putting out quality work, and paying tax aged 78 and 80.