Australian - Writer | September 6, 1950 -
You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.
Robyn Davidson
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The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich literature that's filed everywhere else except under travel.
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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.
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Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can't do it anymore.
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I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.
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I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.
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I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.
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You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture.
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I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.
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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.
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As you get older, you do just get tired.
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The romantic view would be that nomads are wonderful people, better than us; they care about the environment.
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