Where do whites fit in the New Africa? Nowhere, I'm inclined to sayand I do believe that it is true that even the gentlest and most westernised Africans would like the emotional idea of the continent entirely without the complication of the presence of the white man for a generation or two. But nowhere, as an answer for us whites, is in the same category as remarks like What's the use of living? in the face of the threat of atomic radiation. We are living; we are in Africa.

Success sometimes may be defined as a disaster put on hold. Qualified. Has to be.

As writers, we are exploring the mystery, the mystery of existence.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Censorship may have to do with literature; but literature has nothing whatever to do with censorship.