“To create is, first and foremost, to create time.”

Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy

As well as the prominent manifestation of a “class war” that is largely a continuation of the “race war” of yesterday.

I’ve definitely had a few moments in my life where I’ve seen somebody and it’s blown me away at first sight

My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.

One of the first things I look for in a woman I meet is a sense of humor

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.

I’d probably go to see Saturn first-thing and see as close to those rings as I can get and see if I can fly by one of them and try and put one of my hands through them.

You aren’t really writing about what you did; you’re writing about how you feel.

I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can’t not write, and then I write first drafts in gallops.

From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up.