我在历史中学到的唯一东西就是：大众从未从历史中汲取教训。（11月17日名言）

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

I am not a political person by nature. I don't think writers should be political persons. But in South Africa, you can't keep politics out of your life.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

最有力的作品是那些为观众留出空间的作品。

聪明的人戒太明察，刚强的人戒太暴躁，温和的人戒优柔寡断。

每个人在年轻时都知道自己的个人传奇是什么。在他们生命的那个时刻，一切都是明确的，一切都是可能的。他们不怕做梦，渴望他们希望发生在生活中的一切。

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.