Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.

We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away.

There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.

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.

Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language. So we're talking about the Bible itself being a translation of a translation of a translation. And, in reality, it has affected people's lives in history.

Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!

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