A hungry man is an angry one.

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I remain single and also have a family. But I have a family as well and am raising them. A lot of women only stay in their marriages because of the children so seeing me on my own annoys them.

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock because England wasn't what I expected it to be... where people lived like Jane Austen.