It is quite easy to remark the absurdities and contradictions of a country's social system from outside its borders, but very difficult if one has been brought up in it.
I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot.
... if you have nothing, you are free to choose among dreams and fantasies.
I didn't go to school much, so I taught myself what I knew from reading.
I wasn't an active feminist in the '60s, never have been.
A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away.