Quotes by Colleen McCullough

About Colleen McCullough:

Colleen Margaretta McCullough was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds.
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It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice.

Colleen McCullough

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist on dragging them back to the straight and narrow.

Colleen McCullough

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which will be polishing drafts. The ones in between will flesh out the characters and maybe I'll check my research.

Colleen McCullough

The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody like me might saying that they bought in white Australia. But I believe they did.

Colleen McCullough

There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be.

Colleen McCullough

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to write but I still manage.

Colleen McCullough

The best thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25-year-old men more.

Colleen McCullough

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth.

Colleen McCullough

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

Colleen McCullough

Author Bio

  • NameColleen McCullough
  • DescriptionAustralian author
  • AliasesColleen Margaretta McCullough
  • BornJune 1, 1937
  • DiedJanuary 29, 2015
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters; Novelist
  • WorksThe Thorn Birds
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of Australia