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William John Stapleton

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The first money William John Stapleton ever made out of writing was in 1972 when he was co-winner of a short story competition held by what was then Australia’s leading cultural celebration, the Adelaide Arts Festival. He graduated from Macquarie University in Sydney in 1975 with a double major in philosophy and anthropology and did post- graduate work with the Sociology Department at Flinders University. His articles and fiction have appeared in a range of magazines, newspapers and anthologies. Stapleton joined the staff of The Sydney Morning Herald in 1986. In 1994 he moved to The Australian, leaving after 15 years. As a general news reporter in Sydney John Stapleton, or “Stapo” as he was widely known, covered literally thousands of stori ...more

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Tennessee Williams
“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”
Tennessee Williams

Edgar Allan Poe
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down?”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bertrand Russell
“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”
Bertrand Russell

Anne M. Reid
“Ice-cream is the antidote to about any ailment”
Anne M Reid, She Said, She Said: Love, Loss and Living My New Normal

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