We tend to rush through life, generally. We don't appreciate the people around us, the relationships we have, or anything.

Whatever we try - to be rich, to be happy - death is unavoidable. It doesn't matter how much money you have; it doesn't matter how much love you have. At the end of the day, it's all heading that way.

Usually, historically, nothing good comes out of relationships becoming more complicated!

I am working with writers and producers to have a more proprietary relationship over shows, having more ownership and creative control.

I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands.

It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.

After my primary school education, I started gathering little children by visiting parents to ask if they wanted somebody to care for their kids by teaching them the Bible. I have never attended any seminary school or Bible college in my life.

Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.