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Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely exact, and therefore, when you enter another language and speak with its speakers, you become a slightly different person; you learn a different sort of world. Kate Grenville

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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing. Kate Grenville

Great Writing Great Believer Theory Believer

For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book. Kate Grenville

What I like about Rebel's style of comedy is she never plays the victim... she's never been fazed by her shape; it's just the way it is. She would mock her appearance whatever she looked like. Kate Jenkinson

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I have a small family, but they are all still in Perth, and I am still very close with my high-school friends. Kate Jenkinson

Family Small Am Still Friends Very Close

I simply love writing good stories, that's my passion. Kate Morton

Love Good Writing Passion Good Stories Simply Stories

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself. I can't worry about genres or markets or what might be commercial or not. That never works. Kate Morton

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I love the structural part of the writing process. Kate Morton

Love Writing Structural Writing Process Part Process

Anything written in the French Revolution, that kind of era, is so poignant. Katherine Langford

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Don't let yourself be small because you want to fit in. Katherine Langford

You Yourself Small Because Fit Want

To be honest, there is no place like home. Katherine Langford

Home To Be Honest Like Place Honest

I've always been a little left-of-center at school. Katherine Langford

School Always Been Little

It isn't that easy to drop character, especially when you shoot for 12 to 16 hours a day for six months. Katherine Langford

Day Character You Drop Months Easy Hours Shoot Six

I think you always, with anything, need to have different viewpoints. Katherine Langford

You Think Always Different Anything Viewpoints Need

The first thing that I put in my apartment was a piano. I bought one for $50, and it was a lifesaver because I just went home and played and played... I'm sure I annoyed everyone on the same floor. Katherine Langford

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It's not that Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter aren't really great mediums - let's be honest; technology allowing us to be able to contact people around the world is fantastic - but it's also so detrimental. Katherine Langford

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I love the opportunity to affect change in people's lives. Katherine Langford

Love Change People Opportunity Affect Lives

If I could time-travel, I would either go to the '70s and watch the first 'Star Wars' film the day it opened, or to 1880s London, during the Jack the Ripper era, and experience the true grossness of that time. Katherine Langford

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I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general. Keiynan Lonsdale

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It's important that I work with people where they know why they're hiring me and that they're looking to create art without fear. Anyone who uses those excuses to not cast people or to create extremely stereotypical characters, they're creating out of fear, and to me that's really boring. Keiynan Lonsdale

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