Catherine Jinks Quotations

The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'

In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

You don't believe it because you don't understand," he said hoarsely. "Prosper was different. He wasn't like other people. He might have hated me, but he loved me too. In his own way. He couldn't help it; not after raising me for all those years." When no one responded – when he saw nothing but expressions of disbelief on the faces around him – Cadel wailed, "He did! He did! I know he did! He only wanted to wreck my life because he wasn't a part of it!" And as sympathetic hands reached out towards him from every corner of the car, Cadel began to cry like someone whose heart was breaking.

I'm a hacker!" Cadel protested. "I don't poison people! I don't blow them up!

What ever you do-Don't get caught.

Right" he said "Let's get one thing clear. I am not here to teach you law-I am here to teach you loopholes.

When you're a dweeb, when you're really young, it stands out. But as everybody gets older and more conservative, it's not an issue any more.

I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out.

I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, when people like Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele, Lilith Norman and Wrightson were pumping out hugely inspiring stuff.

I was always told you're not going to make much money from writing. You can actually do it. Now I've built a really good, big house out of words.

Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I wanted to be an animator, because I loved drawing and capturing beautiful movements.

There's nothing quite as exciting or moving as the very finest literary non-fiction.

I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head.

I'm a very nervy kind of person, who finds it almost impossible to relax.