Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.

I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.

I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.

History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.

I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up?

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.

I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.