Humans, The Only Self-regarding Animals, Blessed Or

About The Joys And The Courage, I Really Don't Know What Other People Think. I Just Know That I've Never Left Africa. I've Lived There All My Life. And One Of The Wonderful Things, In Spite Of All The Terrible Things That Happen In South Africa, Is The Way People Continue To Keep Their Dignity.

Success Sometimes May Be Defined As A Disaster Put On Hold. Qualified. Has To Be.

If You Look At The Recent Nobel Prize Winners, One Couldn't Say That The Work Didn't Matter And The Political Commitment Did. Who Had Ever Heard Of The Egyptian Writer Naguib Mahfouz? He Is Not Politically Involved. Octavio Paz Is A Great Poet, Also Not Politically Involved. The Nobel Prize Is For Literature, For The Quality Of Work Over The Years.

The Facts Are Always Less Than What Really Happened.

The Tension Between Standing Apart, And Being Fully Involved; That Is What Makes A Writer.