But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this is small fry, peanut….

It's gotten to a point where everybody is concerned about their rights and nobody is concerned about their duties..

Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you l….

She did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead..

The past is always tense, the future perfect..

In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution..

Don't live in a way that makes you feel dead..

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer..

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you..

The end is simply the beginning of an even longer story..

You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair..

A lot of women, when they're young, feel they have very good friends, and find later on that friendship is complicated. It's easy to be friends when ….

The world is now multicultural the same way the world is round. It's not a selling point, it's not a 'quirky' feature, it's not a cynical marketing p….

I always remind myself that [ Jean-Paul] Sartre and [Simone] de Beauvoir didn't have children. And when you don't have children, it might be easier t….

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories..

Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy..

I don't ask myself what did I live for, said Carlene strongly. That is a man's question. I ask whom did I live for..

Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts..

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free..

Don't confuse honours with achievement..

Sometimes you get a flash of what you look like to other people..