In a certain sense a writer is 'selected' by his subject - his subject being the consciousness of his own era.

I decided that I wanted nothing to do with South African government television while any of my fellow writers were banned and couldn't speak publicly.

I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.

Writing is always a voyage of discovery.

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature

in writing, sex doesn't matter; it's the writing that matters.

When I was a child, we seemed to be living in a world remote from the rest of the world. But television has made a great difference to all of us.