I am just a tiny person in Africa, but there is a place for me, and for everybody, to sit down on this earth and touch it and call it their own.

Well, Id say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I dont go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.

Self-pity does not appreciate pedantry.

There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out.

There is plenty of work for love to do.

As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.