Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it.

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

The 70s were a wonderful time to be young. I think most young people at that time were pushing the boundaries, asking all sorts of questions of society, of life and of themselves. They were very politicised. It was part of the air that we breathed.

The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world.