Rebirth. I mean by this simply what happens when the child begins to realise the fact that the black does not enter through the white’s front door is not in the same category as the fact that the dead will never come back.
NADINE GORDIMERRebirth. I mean by this simply what happens when the child begins to realise the fact that the black does not enter through the white’s front door is not in the same category as the fact that the dead will never come back.
NADINE GORDIMERSentiment is for those who don’t know what to do next.
NADINE GORDIMERThe Communist Party is very popular in South Africa, especially among the young people. Never having had a chance to travel, and having suffered so much under capitalism, they still can’t believe that the Russian people themselves have rejected it.
NADINE GORDIMERit’s impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren’t taken into account because no one knows what they will be.
NADINE GORDIMERFiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life.
NADINE GORDIMERAbout the joys and the courage, I really don’t know what other people think. I just know that I’ve never left Africa. I’ve lived there all my life. And one of the wonderful things, in spite of all the terrible things that happen in South Africa, is the way people continue to keep their dignity.
NADINE GORDIMERWriting is always a voyage of discovery.
NADINE GORDIMEREveryone ends up moving alone towards the self
NADINE GORDIMERKeenness of hearing revives when one is alone.
NADINE GORDIMEROne can’t measure how a mood of confidence comes about.
NADINE GORDIMERThere is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
NADINE GORDIMERResponsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
NADINE GORDIMERThe solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It’s quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch.
NADINE GORDIMERPerhaps the best way to write is to do so as if one were already dead, afraid of no one’s reactions, answerable to no one’s views.
NADINE GORDIMERIf one will always have to feel white first, and African second, it would be better not to stay on in Africa.
NADINE GORDIMERI’m a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can’t see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.
NADINE GORDIMER