November 22, 2023 • 8 mins
Moyra and Big Trev caught up with the one-time Human Headline, Derryn Hinch for a chat about his new book Short Stories.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
One hot tomato. Now, it's a pleasure to have joining
us on the show. A very my goodness. So much
has happened in this man's life, and we've you know,
followed him for many many years. His name is Darren Hint.
He's joining us on the show, and he has a
book of short stories.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good afternoon, Darren, Laura. I'm going to question for you.
First of all, Yes, I'm told that you sometimes read
a book a week.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Yes, yes, How do you know that?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I don't know. I just do some research. And what
I asked him is because when I was married to
Jackie Wheeler, Jackie was who's an avid book reader. She
devoured books. She was on some book judging committee and
she had to read fifty five books in fifty days.
Oh what? And she did?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
The reason why our marriage laughter so long, was it?
She loved to read in bed and I did a
sleep in bed. It's a match. Made him have the
light on till talk of the morning because you wouldn't
finish words at eleven. I didn't think we damn, I'll
be in bed, sound asleep. And she did leave the
lot on till four the morning. I did not care
but I admire people who read to our books as
(01:12):
much as people like you do.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Oh, thank you very much. It's a challenge that I
started at the start of the year and I've actually faltered.
So your book's going to have to be my next one.
I'm going to have to do next week.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, my book of short stories was a mistake. So
as I started off writing a novel about a journal
foreign corresponding called Jonathon Hunter, and I've written books about
him that was about him before, and I was going
to write a full length novel, which it usually runs
about sixty five thousand words, right, And I had lunch
(01:44):
of my former TV producer Deerman O'Brien, and I said,
I'm in trouble. Why, I said, well, told the whole story,
and I only got fifteen thousand words written. Your current
pad for forty five thousand words. Just keep on adding
the words and then visible a book of short stories.
(02:07):
I've never done that, And even though I've written nineteen books,
I've never written book of short stories. And so I did,
and I loved it, and I'm in fact I've already
written thirty thousand words of mixt year's books.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
That's a medium story Darren words, when it comes to
your short stories, Dren, do you have people like approaching it,
like to turn it into like a movie or a
series or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, we got one of them. One of them called Murdered,
which is in this book. My editor and producer Nicky
Elliott's looking at turning into into a movie next year.
It's set in Port Stephens and northern New South Wales.
But the weird thing is I call my book of
short stories faction rather than fiction because there's one story
(02:55):
in there about a crooked senator, not me. It is fiction,
but it's based on so many people you'd say, oh,
I know who he's referring to, side skirting, defamation. I'll
talk to the lawyers, lawsuits. Way. One of the best,
(03:20):
one of the best stories is based on true stories
said in Melbourne, which I've now moved to Los Angeles,
and it's called Warren Scott. Warren Scott was invented true
story by four Melbourne men who are cheating on their
wives and one said to another one, you can't even
say you're me. Last night I got home with a
(03:42):
wife and the kids. And what we need we need
we need a mutual twind So they invented Warren Scott.
They brought him, they rented an apartment, They got him
a phone bill and a water bill, and they occasionally
take the bills home and throw them on the place
so their wives could see them. But eventually the wives
(04:04):
got suspicious and said, why do we ever meet him?
Where is he? So they decided to kill him off.
And I won't say how or why, but in truth,
after they quote after Warren Scott, whoever has just actually
died the manner ever was, they put it out in
the memoriam in the Melbourne Herald Son saying, Larlay Warren Scott,
(04:29):
everybody needs a friend like Warren. True. That part is all.
That part is true that fans.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Pay money to see that a lot of Yes, you
would have met the most amazing people throughout your well,
your massive career, but also all of the different things
that you've done in your life. Is there someone who
in your real life who is too good to be
true that you think to yourself, I couldn't write this
story because people willn't believe, Like people would be so shocked.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Oh look, I was going to say, Jackie Wheeler and
she's she's doing wonderfully well, and I mean two Academy
War dominations after turned sixty five in Hollywood. It's pretty
good going. But look, I've met everybody over the years
of the decade. I'm getting old. You know, Alfred Hitchcock,
(05:25):
Sophila Wren. You know, it was just it goes on
a Sean Connery. Sophila Wren was probably the most beautiful
woman who ever walked into my radio studio. She was
just amazing. Wow, yeah, she was. And I almost didn't
talk to her because on those days I was doing
(05:45):
radio and they said, oh, she's in Australia, but she
won't come to the studio. And I thought, well, hang
on a flash, you're pushing perfume or a movie or something.
So you know my Hummed come to a mountain so well,
so I thought, ignore, okay, we won't do the interview.
And she did come to the studio. I remember once,
(06:08):
years and years ago, going to a press conference with
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Oh wow, ten o'clock in
the morning and now sipping tea which turned out to
be whiskey. We didn't know that time, and I only
mad May West. That's how old I am it's just
(06:29):
it's been amazing, some amazing times and some great Australian
talents as well. But to get into writing, I mean,
I've said this is my nineteenth book and I'm working
on my twentieth. I've been writing as I was ten.
I like that more than anything.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I remember being such a nerd when I was a kid.
I wanted to write my first book when I was six,
and I took the book, which was horrible, but I
took it to a barbecue because I was in the
zone at that stage when I was six and I
was writing, and everybody thought I was the biggest widow.
And I was like, okay, put the book away now
and go in the pool, okay with the normal people.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Well, I'll tell you. I was about ten, and I
remember the intro my first book was Eric was in
his twenties. He was about to kill himself. What got
in my first book? Yeah, I started to right, you know.
And I still have the typewriter that I started out
(07:31):
on when I was a journalist at sixteen. I still
have it in my house. Cost me a fortune. I
had to pay it off for about two years. It
was so heavy it felt like a Volkswagen with a
handle off, and in those days you had to they
charge your fortune for and you couldn't afford it. The
restless baggage swinging on one finger, which it was light.
(07:55):
He'd hide it behind a pop plant and smuggled it
on the plane. I've still got it.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
That's amazing, Darren. Thank you so much for your time.
We look forward to speaking to you again for the
next book, which I'm sure we'll be finished by the
end of the month, so that'd be great and big
take it if you need an avid reader or a
token Fijan for your next movie. Trevor is.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Hey, guys, we'll be looking for extra for the movie
done media people and corpses. I'd a corpse. You'd make
a actually, big triv you make a good corpse. I
think big trev could be Warren Scott.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Thank you so much, Darren.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
A pleasure to speak to you. Thank you The dog
host Only
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Tomatoes
One hot tomato. Now, it's a pleasure to have joining
us on the show. A very my goodness. So much
has happened in this man's life, and we've you know,
followed him for many many years. His name is Darren Hint.
He's joining us on the show, and he has a
book of short stories.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Good afternoon, Darren, Laura. I'm going to question for you.
First of all, Yes, I'm told that you sometimes read
a book a week.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Yes, yes, How do you know that?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I don't know. I just do some research. And what
I asked him is because when I was married to
Jackie Wheeler, Jackie was who's an avid book reader. She
devoured books. She was on some book judging committee and
she had to read fifty five books in fifty days.
Oh what? And she did?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
The reason why our marriage laughter so long, was it?
She loved to read in bed and I did a
sleep in bed. It's a match. Made him have the
light on till talk of the morning because you wouldn't
finish words at eleven. I didn't think we damn, I'll
be in bed, sound asleep. And she did leave the
lot on till four the morning. I did not care
but I admire people who read to our books as
(01:12):
much as people like you do.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Oh, thank you very much. It's a challenge that I
started at the start of the year and I've actually faltered.
So your book's going to have to be my next one.
I'm going to have to do next week.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, my book of short stories was a mistake. So
as I started off writing a novel about a journal
foreign corresponding called Jonathon Hunter, and I've written books about
him that was about him before, and I was going
to write a full length novel, which it usually runs
about sixty five thousand words, right, And I had lunch
(01:44):
of my former TV producer Deerman O'Brien, and I said,
I'm in trouble. Why, I said, well, told the whole story,
and I only got fifteen thousand words written. Your current
pad for forty five thousand words. Just keep on adding
the words and then visible a book of short stories.
(02:07):
I've never done that, And even though I've written nineteen books,
I've never written book of short stories. And so I did,
and I loved it, and I'm in fact I've already
written thirty thousand words of mixt year's books.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
That's a medium story Darren words, when it comes to
your short stories, Dren, do you have people like approaching it,
like to turn it into like a movie or a
series or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, we got one of them. One of them called Murdered,
which is in this book. My editor and producer Nicky
Elliott's looking at turning into into a movie next year.
It's set in Port Stephens and northern New South Wales.
But the weird thing is I call my book of
short stories faction rather than fiction because there's one story
(02:55):
in there about a crooked senator, not me. It is fiction,
but it's based on so many people you'd say, oh,
I know who he's referring to, side skirting, defamation. I'll
talk to the lawyers, lawsuits. Way. One of the best,
(03:20):
one of the best stories is based on true stories
said in Melbourne, which I've now moved to Los Angeles,
and it's called Warren Scott. Warren Scott was invented true
story by four Melbourne men who are cheating on their
wives and one said to another one, you can't even
say you're me. Last night I got home with a
(03:42):
wife and the kids. And what we need we need
we need a mutual twind So they invented Warren Scott.
They brought him, they rented an apartment, They got him
a phone bill and a water bill, and they occasionally
take the bills home and throw them on the place
so their wives could see them. But eventually the wives
(04:04):
got suspicious and said, why do we ever meet him?
Where is he? So they decided to kill him off.
And I won't say how or why, but in truth,
after they quote after Warren Scott, whoever has just actually
died the manner ever was, they put it out in
the memoriam in the Melbourne Herald Son saying, Larlay Warren Scott,
(04:29):
everybody needs a friend like Warren. True. That part is all.
That part is true that fans.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Pay money to see that a lot of Yes, you
would have met the most amazing people throughout your well,
your massive career, but also all of the different things
that you've done in your life. Is there someone who
in your real life who is too good to be
true that you think to yourself, I couldn't write this
story because people willn't believe, Like people would be so shocked.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Oh look, I was going to say, Jackie Wheeler and
she's she's doing wonderfully well, and I mean two Academy
War dominations after turned sixty five in Hollywood. It's pretty
good going. But look, I've met everybody over the years
of the decade. I'm getting old. You know, Alfred Hitchcock,
(05:25):
Sophila Wren. You know, it was just it goes on
a Sean Connery. Sophila Wren was probably the most beautiful
woman who ever walked into my radio studio. She was
just amazing. Wow, yeah, she was. And I almost didn't
talk to her because on those days I was doing
(05:45):
radio and they said, oh, she's in Australia, but she
won't come to the studio. And I thought, well, hang
on a flash, you're pushing perfume or a movie or something.
So you know my Hummed come to a mountain so well,
so I thought, ignore, okay, we won't do the interview.
And she did come to the studio. I remember once,
(06:08):
years and years ago, going to a press conference with
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Oh wow, ten o'clock in
the morning and now sipping tea which turned out to
be whiskey. We didn't know that time, and I only
mad May West. That's how old I am it's just
(06:29):
it's been amazing, some amazing times and some great Australian
talents as well. But to get into writing, I mean,
I've said this is my nineteenth book and I'm working
on my twentieth. I've been writing as I was ten.
I like that more than anything.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I remember being such a nerd when I was a kid.
I wanted to write my first book when I was six,
and I took the book, which was horrible, but I
took it to a barbecue because I was in the
zone at that stage when I was six and I
was writing, and everybody thought I was the biggest widow.
And I was like, okay, put the book away now
and go in the pool, okay with the normal people.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Well, I'll tell you. I was about ten, and I
remember the intro my first book was Eric was in
his twenties. He was about to kill himself. What got
in my first book? Yeah, I started to right, you know.
And I still have the typewriter that I started out
(07:31):
on when I was a journalist at sixteen. I still
have it in my house. Cost me a fortune. I
had to pay it off for about two years. It
was so heavy it felt like a Volkswagen with a
handle off, and in those days you had to they
charge your fortune for and you couldn't afford it. The
restless baggage swinging on one finger, which it was light.
(07:55):
He'd hide it behind a pop plant and smuggled it
on the plane. I've still got it.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
That's amazing, Darren. Thank you so much for your time.
We look forward to speaking to you again for the
next book, which I'm sure we'll be finished by the
end of the month, so that'd be great and big
take it if you need an avid reader or a
token Fijan for your next movie. Trevor is.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Hey, guys, we'll be looking for extra for the movie
done media people and corpses. I'd a corpse. You'd make
a actually, big triv you make a good corpse. I
think big trev could be Warren Scott.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Thank you so much, Darren.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
A pleasure to speak to you. Thank you The dog
host Only
Speaker 1 (08:51):
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