There are things the story must have or else look incomplete. And these will almost automatically present themselves. When they don't, you are in trouble and then the novel stops.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

When I was in England, I had seen advertisements about typing agencies; I had learned that if you really want to make a good impression, you should have your manuscript well typed.

Travellers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves

There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.

I wouldn't have wanted anyone to teach me how to write. That's my own taste. I prefer to stumble on it.

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.