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.

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.

The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light.

Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself.

Everyone ends up moving alone towards the self

Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.