My father used to tell me stories before I fell asleep. When the children would gather, at a certain point, I had a tendency to make up my own elementary variations on stories I had heard, or to invent totally new ones.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.

Suddenly the world has run amok and left you alone and sane behind

A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.

I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.