Rosie Scott
Rosie Scott was a New Zealand-born novelist and writer who composed her work in English across a life that moved between two countries.
Born in Wellington on 22 March 1948, Scott was educated at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland, and later at Western Sydney University. She held New Zealand citizenship throughout her life, and her education traced a path from her home country toward Australia, where she would eventually settle.
Her work was recognised through several distinct honours. She received the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, marking a contribution to dramatic writing alongside her identity as a novelist. She was named a Member of the Order of Australia, one of that country's civic distinctions, and she received the Sydney PEN Award, connecting her to the literary and free-expression concerns that PEN represents. These three honours, drawn from playwriting, civic life, and the PEN tradition, reflect the range of her engagement with writing and its public dimensions.
Scott died on 4 May 2017 in the Blue Mountains. The Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, given for work for the stage, stands alongside her practice as a novelist to confirm that her writing engaged more than one form during her lifetime.
Quotes by Rosie Scott
Every moment I've spent living, I've been waiting to die. I'm not afraid of death. Life is an inconvenience. Brings nothing but disappointment, pain, sadness, and injustice. Death is just a few seconds of physical pain before you are relieved of it all. It's always seemed like the better deal to me." -Billy Johns
Why are you considering working permanently as a mercenary if you have a few hundred to spend on me upfront? You can’t possibly be hurting for money.” -Theron BoaKai Sera: “I’m not hurting for money, my friend, but for purpose.
We never questioned the government, ma'am." -Guard"That was your problem." -Melanie Adams
You don't retire from this." -Billy Johns"I know." -Melanie AdamsBilly: “If you know that, then you admit that you’re trying to win an unwinnable war.”Melanie: “It’s not unwinnable, though. We’re one step away.”Billy: “From rendering yourself insane, maybe.
I am talking about offering my services to Nahara. Helping them to rise in world power.” -Kai SeraCerin Heliot: “It will be hard to convince them you are capable of this.”Kai: “Will it? I have the blood of the gods, Cerin, and Nahara is a country of religion.”Cerin: “What gives you such drive?”Kai: “Revenge.