The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return.

我天生不是一个政治人物。我不认为作家应该是政治人物。但在南非，你无法将政治排除在你的生活之外。