The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment.

Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?

Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.

In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd sooner imagine a tree that could pull up its feet and go bake bread. It didn't occur to them to feel sorry for themselves.

I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence.

Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on.

I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.