My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me…

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But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship....

But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship....

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the...

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the...

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a...

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a...

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that...

Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that...

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down...

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down...

[It] takes a jaundiced view of the much-vaunted glorious past of Africa. And I suppose...

[It] takes a jaundiced view of the much-vaunted glorious past of Africa. And I suppose...

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an...

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an...

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to...

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to...

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down...

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down...

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must...

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must...

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind,...

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind,...

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd...

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd...