Quote of the day
You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
Peter Carey

Born: May 7, 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Known for:
- Oscar and Lucinda (1988)
- True History of the Kelly Gang (2000)
- Jack Maggs (1997)
- Illywhacker (1985)
- Amnesia (2014)