I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.

Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.

History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.

Sadly however, I discovered in one particular case that a colleague went and paid the bribe on my behalf, just to get our mission fulfilled. That was painful, and it strained our friendship.

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

I am a very curious person; I'll always ask: is this thing true, is it not true? And I use my own means to investigate and come to my conclusion.

. . . as far as the regime is concerned, well, the play is sheer terror for them. Because they feel, How dare - how dare anybody lift his or her voice in criticism against us? We have the guns. Their level of paranoia and power-drunkenness is unbelievable.