I write to reach people's common sense and intelligence, to show them that if they unite they can make a different world possible.

Don't sacrifice your life to work and ideals. The most important things in life are human relations. I found that out too late.

The mining industry might make wealth and power for a few men and women, but the many would always be smashed and battered beneath its giant treads.

I'm overflowing with stories, delighted and quite mad with the beauty and tragedy of them.

I write to reach people's common sense and intelligence, to show them that if they unite they can make a different world possible.