Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

One can't measure how a mood of confidence comes about.

My answer is: Recognize yourself in others

The Communist Party is very popular in South Africa, especially among the young people. Never having had a chance to travel, and having suffered so much under capitalism, they still can't believe that the Russian people themselves have rejected it.

Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.

Once you have some sort of reputation in the outside world, they will try to woo you. They will say, "Won't you come and be on a talk program about books? That's not political." Then they can say to the outside world, "See how free it is, she appears on television. See how free it is." So I refused to have anything of mine read or dramatized on South African television.

Very often we support change, and then are swept away by the change. I think that...you just make your own response to your own generation. A response adequate to your time.