Ocupation: Novelist
Life: July 17, 1902 - March 31, 1983
Birthday: July 17
Death: March 31
You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; and at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder.
source: Christina Stead (2012). “I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist”, p.39, Open Road Media
topic: Success, Country, Ambition, Fear No Man, Speak Your Mind