Night-time is when I brainstorm; last thing, when the family's asleep and I'm alone, I think about the next day's writing and plan a strategy for my assault on the blank page.
What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one. The landscape hasn't really … - Athol Fugard
What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one. The landscape hasn't really …
- Athol Fugard
All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spe… - Athol Fugard
All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spe…
If the nature of human experience changes with the color of a man's skin, then the racists have been right all along. - Athol Fugard
If the nature of human experience changes with the color of a man's skin, then the racists have been right all along.
To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his lif… - Athol Fugard
To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his lif…
For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man.… - Athol Fugard
For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle. We're starting out at rock bottom, man.…
Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone … - Athol Fugard
Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone …
My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't have really a function as… - Athol Fugard
My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't have really a function as…
I can't think of a single one of my plays that does not represent a coincidence between an external and an internal event. Something outside of me, o… - Athol Fugard
I can't think of a single one of my plays that does not represent a coincidence between an external and an internal event. Something outside of me, o…
You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love. - Athol Fugard
You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love.
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