Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

Everyone lives three versions of themselves; a public life, a private life and a secret life.

Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.

Traffic in Joburg is like the democratic process. Every time you think it's going to get moving and take you somewhere, you hit another jam.

The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own.

I really wanted to believe that there were these magic celestial bodies that would direct my life, tell me what to do, and it turns out it's not stars, it's some bits of screwy DNA. I'm just meat with faulty programming.