Bryce Courtenay Quotes

Man is immortal; therefore he must die endlessly. For life is a creative idea; it can only find itself in changing forms

There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities.

When one's dead, one's dead... This squirrel will become earth all in his time. And still later on, there'll grow new trees from him, with new squirrels skipping about in them. Do you think that's so very sad?

Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.

The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.

What ye have been ye still shall be, When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers!

I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

The possibilities are infinite with new writing; every time you open a new script, there's no limit to what it might contain.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

Every creative story is different. And yet every creative story is the same: There was nothing, now there is something. It's almost like magic.

I am a storyteller, and I take great pride in the storytelling and a great joy.

I'm going to die one day. I know it's coming for me, too. I'll be a mountain, I'll be a stone on the beach. I'll be nourishment.

Death is not just the end, it's the beginning.

To live is to be born every minute. Death occurs when birth stops.

The seed dies into a new life, and so does man.

We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

Every novel generates its own climate, when you get going.

Life is a means of extracting fiction.

If you can write it, I can be it.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

There are no really new stories anymore.

I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot of adventure stories and mystery books, and I have wonderful memories of my mom reading picture books aloud to me. I learned that words are powerful.

I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along.

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.