Colleen McCullough Quotations

Twelve thousand miles of it, to the other side of the world. And whether they came home again or not, they would belong neither here, nor there, for they would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.

There was some justice in his pain

My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people.

Oh, that feels good! I don't know who invented ties and then insisted a man was only properly dressed when he wore one, but if I ever meet him, I'll strangle him with his own invention

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read with one hand.

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer.

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

Best of all she liked his eyes, such a translucent golden brown, and so laughing.

Truly God was good, to make man so blind.