Robyn Davidson Quotes

Robyn Davidson
Australian Writer
Born: Sep 6, 1950
Life Think World Writing You Yourself
Related authors: Clive James Garth Nix Henry Lawson Kate Crawford Mem Fox Morris West P. L. Travers Tansy Rayner Roberts
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. Robyn Davidson
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I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space. Robyn Davidson
Love Space Sense Desert Incomparable
The romantic view would be that nomads are wonderful people, better than us; they care about the environment. Robyn Davidson
People Wonderful Better Care Would Would-Be About Environment Than Wonderful People Romantic Us View
You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture. Robyn Davidson
Time You Yourself Picture Trick See Never Step Overall Doing Letting Things
That arrogance of youth and that kind of ignorant confidence can get you through a whole lot of things, and then life does its stuff, and you get smashed around and beaten up. You get full of doubts, and you end up making a person out of those bits and pieces. Robyn Davidson
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The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city. Robyn Davidson
You Natural Lose Live Out City Something Environment Get Tune Your Desert
Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in. Robyn Davidson
Life You Drop About Adventure Within Context Go Bundle Brave Being Bush Your
By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves. Robyn Davidson
Best Walk Free Back Our Ourselves Physical Both Road Taking Baggage Condition Selves Psychological Original
I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity. Robyn Davidson
Life Solitude Try Rare My Life More More And More Factor Because Becoming Very Precious Commodity
People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people. Robyn Davidson
You People Negotiate Possessions Constantly Having Boundaries Because Hoarding Wander Movement Against Moving Across Who Nicer
If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt. Robyn Davidson
You Yourself Fragmented Melt Find Uncertain Boundaries Terrifying
Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of. Robyn Davidson
You Yourself Think Out Find Capable Act
Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility. Robyn Davidson
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You have to remember that I was an Australian girl of the Fifties and Sixties. For Australians at that time, it was imperative to get out of the country and discover the world. Robyn Davidson
Time You World Remember Girl Country Out Imperative Discover Australian Australians Get Sixties Fifties
It is always interesting being on films sets - I have done it before with other actor friends - and I just find it fascinating. I just love that collaborative film family that develops around a project. Robyn Davidson
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You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm. Robyn Davidson
You Book Own Shaping Make Anthology Rhythm Produce Skills Use Your Apply
The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich literature that's filed everywhere else except under travel. Robyn Davidson
Travel Rich Extraordinarily Else Everywhere Except Genre Itself Commercial Moved Literature Aspect Ignored
That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world. Robyn Davidson
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I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't. Robyn Davidson
Myself Travel See Writer Just
I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War. Robyn Davidson
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I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film. Robyn Davidson
Think Books About Having Unrealistic Writers Lot Translated Film
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do. Robyn Davidson
Book Say Writers Like Genuinely Am However Very Many Lucky Film
As we've lost this idea of pilgrimage, we've lost this idea of human beings walking for a very, very long time. It does change you. Robyn Davidson
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I've chosen difficult men. But then I'm sure they'd say they'd chosen a difficult woman. Robyn Davidson
Woman Men Difficult Say Sure Then Chosen
I don't want to be bored; I don't want to be with someone I don't respect. Robyn Davidson
Respect Bored Someone Want
When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the tooth. Robyn Davidson
Good Mother Thought Long Young Think Too Tooth Good Mother Would Would-Be Now
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