Writers Themselves Don't Analyze What They Do;

A Child Understands Fear, And The Hurt And Hate It Brings.

You Can't Change A Regime On The Basis Of Compassion. There's Got To Be Something Harder.

I'm A Candle Flame That Sways In Currents Of Air You Can't See. You Need To Be The One Who Steadies Me To Burn.

Once You Have Some Sort Of Reputation In The Outside World, They Will Try To Woo You. They Will Say, "won't You Come And Be On A Talk Program About Books? That's Not Political." Then They Can Say To The Outside World, "see How Free It Is, She Appears On Television. See How Free It Is." So I Refused To Have Anything Of Mine Read Or Dramatized On South African Television.

I'm Forty-nine But I Could Be Twenty-five Except For My Face And My Legs.