We wasted a lot of creative energy in that immediate post colonial era, when there was a struggle between, you know, the Cold War between the capitalism and communism. Many writers just wasted their energy and their talent because they want to be ideologically correct and of course all they produced was propaganda.

You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.

I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.

It's the place to begin, always -- to return to home, literally.

I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.