People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

If I dreamt this, while walking, walking in the London streets, the subconscious of each and every other life, past and present, brushing me in passing, what makes it real? Writing it down.

In a democracy - even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-?litist one - the greatest veneration one can show the rule of law is to keep a watch on it, and to reserve the right to judge unjust laws and the subversion of the function of the law by the power of the state. That vigilance is the most important proof of respect for the law.

You can't be afraid to do good in case evil results.

In a country like South Africa, writers have nuisance value, because those of us who have become known overseas have certainly helped to inform people about what life is like there.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it.

I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.