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

Books dont need batteries

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.

Nothing fades so quickly as what is unchanged.

Can you imagine writers influencing things in America? Can you imagine a writer in England influencing? Absolutely not. And in France? It used to be, but no more - absolutely not. France used to, at least, have writers as diplomats, but not any more.

All worthwhile writing... comes from an individual vision, privately pursued.

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.