Richard Flanagan : (2)

" I was one of six kids; my grandmother lived with us. We had an aunt who used to have nerves, and all her kids would turn up and live with us. " - Richard Flanagan

" You can be very successful but still struggling financially, and it looked like I’d have to take a year or two off and find whatever menial labouring work you can get as a middle-aged, unskilled bald man. " - Richard Flanagan