Australian - Writer | September 6, 1950 -
I'm not one of those true writers who can't bear not to be writing. Yet it's one of the most important things in my life.
Robyn Davidson
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I'd always loved writing, in the same way that I'd loved painting. I wouldn't have seen it as a career.
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London sort of wore me down. I can't cope with the winters!
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After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight.
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There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.
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In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one's way to godliness. The Hindu sadhu, the pilgrims of Compostela walking past their sins, the circumambulators of the Buddhist kora, the haj.
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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.
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Of course, in India, I always said, 'Oh yes, I'm married.'
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Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated.
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I've chosen difficult men. But then I'm sure they'd say they'd chosen a difficult woman.
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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.
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During these last ten thousand years, we have made massive, unprecedented changes to the environment, creating problems for ourselves that we may not be able to solve.
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