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Type: Writer Quotes Category: Australian Writer Quotes Date of Birth: September 6, 1950 Nationality: Australian Find on Amazon: Robyn Davidson Related Authors: Luke Ford Morris West Henry Lawson Clive James Phillip Adams Miles Franklin P. L. Travers |
I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.
Robyn Davidson I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't. Robyn Davidson 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. Robyn Davidson 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 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 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 You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm. Robyn Davidson |
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