230 Quotes by Clive James

It's my mission to tell the Australians from abroad in my work that Australia is a wonderful place.

The rattle of plastic keys reminds me of a squadron of butterflies failing to fight their way out of a paper bag.

John McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building.

You should never trust anyone who listens to Mahler before they're forty.

John McEnroe has hair like badly turned broccoli.

Writing is a performance art for me. They're very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I'm a writer, not a performer.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

Not everyone who wants to make a film is crazy, but almost everyone who is crazy wants to make a film.

I was a big pothead for a short period. That was what ticked me off that I shouldn't go near hard drugs, actually, because I would consume the stuff as if it was going out of style and it rapidly occurred to me that if I ever tried a hard drug, the same thing would happen, so I never did.