My Mother Did What Many

Have I Ever Written Anything That Has Really Changed Something? What I Believe Is That You Can't Change Anything Without Using Art. I Believe That The Drops Wear Away The Stone. I Try To Be Part Of That Army.

When One Historical Period Is Replaced By Another, There Is Always A Group Of People Left Over From The Old Society

Society Had Grown Cruel. People Who Felt They Were Unwanted Or Unwelcome In Their Own Country, Reacted With Aggression. There Was No Such Thing As Meaningless Violence. Every Violent Act Had A Meaning For The Person Who Committed It. Only When You Dared Accept This Truth Could You Hope To Turn Society In Another Direction.

One Of The Agonies Of Being An Author Is To Know When To Stop Writing.

When I Was A Very Young Author, I Knew I Needed To Build Myself A Tower Outside Of Europe. Like When You're A Hunter, And Build Towers To Watch The Animals Move. I Knew I Would Never Understand The World Without That Perspective. I Came To Africa For That Rational Reason, Although I Love Mozambique Now.