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.
Nadine GordimerWriters themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.
Nadine GordimerCan 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.
Nadine GordimerIf you live in Europe . . . things change . . . but continuity never seems to break. You don't have to throw the past away.
Nadine Gordimer