I Have Found That I Work Best

Those Whose Kernels Were Cracked By Benevolent Spirit Should Not Forget To Be Humble.

The Novelist As Teacher”: “i Would Be Quite Satisfied If My Novels (especially The Ones I Set In The Past) Did No More Than Teach My Readers That Their Past – With All Its Imperfections – Was Not One Long Night Of Savagery From Which The First Europeans Acting On God’s Behalf Delivered Them.

Even The Village Rain-maker No Longer Claimed To Be Able To Intervene. He Could Not Stop The Rain Now, Just As He Would Not Attempt To Start It In The Heart Of The Dry Season, Without Serious Danger To His Own Health.

If You Only Hear One Side Of The Story, You Have No Understanding At All.

When A Tradition Gathers Enough Strength To Go On For Centuries, You Don't Just Turn It Off One Day.