What's good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.

I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.

Of course it's very, very important for me to feel Kenya, to feel, every day, this is where images come from. So to be taken away from that by political pressure or other means - one is taken away from the area, which is the basis of inspiration - is difficult.

I'm more trying to connect; I'm more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.

The Bible affects everybody's life who is a Christian, from the middle class in Europe to the peasant in Africa and Asia. The Bible has affected their lives, but in translation, since they do not read the Bible in the original Greek or Hebrew.

Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.

What's good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.