Quotes by New Zealander authors

New Zealander FlagNew Zealand, a land of natural charm, diverse society, and pleasant people. From the looming peaks of the Southern Alps to the sparkling waters of the Bay of Islands, this island nation is understood for its spectacular landscapes and also easygoing way of living. But what truly sets New Zealand apart are the people that call it home. Known for their heat, humor, as well as unique figure of speeches, New Zealanders have a method with words that is all their very own. Right here are some common New Zealander prices estimate that give a glance right into their globe.
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Small: Of all created comforts, God is the lender you are the borrower, not the owner
Ernest Rutherford
"Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner"
Ernest Rutherford, Psychologist
Small: On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island and as we swept down towards the sea the l
"On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object"
George Grey, Leader
Small: I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I ha
Margaret Mahy
"I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Anyone interested in the world generally cant help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the
Margaret Mahy
"Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands, the books, the fashions, and the way in which the young adult community develops its own language"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone elses, but I find that other peoples imagery, the f
Margaret Mahy
"I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Well its a drastic procedure by your standards and mine, but for the people who are living in desperation perh
"Well it's a drastic procedure by your standards and mine, but for the people who are living in desperation perhaps the best way to understand it is that it seems no more drastic to them than circumcision"
John Money, Psychologist
Small: On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that womens concerns are fully integrated in
Jenny Shipley
"On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat"
Jenny Shipley, Statesman
Small: Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here.
"Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. Some reporters make judgments, but that is not my style. I present both sides and report what I see with my own eyes"
Peter Arnett, Journalist
Small: From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following re
"From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth"
Janet Frame, Novelist
Small: I think a good song is a good song is a good song
"I think a good song is a good song is a good song"
Tim Finn, Musician
Small: All science is either physics or stamp collecting
Ernest Rutherford
"All science is either physics or stamp collecting"
Ernest Rutherford, Psychologist
Small: If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment
Ernest Rutherford
"If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment"
Ernest Rutherford, Psychologist
Small: You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1
Ernest Rutherford
"You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1"
Ernest Rutherford, Psychologist
Small: Ive never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and Im not an efficient fighter anyway - but
Margaret Mahy
"I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway - but I have certainly seen other people have great complicated goes at one another"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up a
Margaret Mahy
"At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that.
Margaret Mahy
"My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Elliss understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and par
Margaret Mahy
"Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rock
"At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have been impossible to have disembarked stores or stock on any"
George Grey, Leader
Small: I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminate
"I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in a short time disappeared, to be soon succeeded by another similar in character, but more faint"
George Grey, Leader
Small: When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a lib
Margaret Mahy
"When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular
Margaret Mahy
"Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way
Margaret Mahy
"I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation
Margaret Mahy
"I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: In a way, the characters often do take over
Margaret Mahy
"In a way, the characters often do take over"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some asp
Margaret Mahy
"They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentratio
Margaret Mahy
"The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications
Margaret Mahy
"New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing
Margaret Mahy
"I, personally, have found reading a continual support to writing"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young peo
Margaret Mahy
"I once knew a house rather like The Land of Smiles - an old house occupied by a varied collection of young people, mainly students. However none of these people were true models for the characters in the book, though their way of life may have been"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a while in some othe
Margaret Mahy
"By the time ordinary life asserted itself once more, I would feel I had already lived for a while in some other lifetime, that I had even taken over someone else's life"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but s
Margaret Mahy
"Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it
Margaret Mahy
"When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it was like losing a member of my own family. I think I am still affected by the memory of that loss"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over
Margaret Mahy
"There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a
Margaret Mahy
"It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then writte
Margaret Mahy
"When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Every writer has to find their own way into writing
Margaret Mahy
"Every writer has to find their own way into writing"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was alwa
Margaret Mahy
"Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can take over as they develop and change
Margaret Mahy
"It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can "take over" as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I dont think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel
Margaret Mahy
"I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults"
Margaret Mahy, Author
Small: I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for ye
Margaret Mahy
"I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an office as a bedroom, and during the day, my bed is rather like an extension of my desk"
Margaret Mahy, Author
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