Communists Are The Last Optimists.

Your Whole Life You Are Really Writing One Book, Which Is An Attempt To Grasp The Consciousness Of Your Time And Place– A Single Book Written From Different Stages Of Your Ability.

What Is The Purpose Of Writing? For Me Personally, It Is Really To Explain The Mystery Of Life, And The Mystery Of Life Includes, Of Course, The Personal, The Political, The Forces That Make Us What We Are While There's Another Force From Inside Battling To Make Us Something Else.

I Decided That I Wanted Nothing To Do With South African Government Television While Any Of My Fellow Writers Were Banned And Couldn't Speak Publicly.

When I Was A Child, We Seemed To Be Living In A World Remote From The Rest Of The World. But Television Has Made A Great Difference To All Of Us.

In A Country Like South Africa, Writers Have Nuisance Value, Because Those Of Us Who Have Become Known Overseas Have Certainly Helped To Inform People About What Life Is Like There.