My Mother Did What Many Men Do.

Africa Was The Most Exotic Place I Could Conceive Of - The End Of The World - And I Knew I Would Go There One Day.

It Struck Me As I Listened To Those Two Men That A Truer Nomination (name) For Our Species Than Homo Sapiens Might Be Homo Narrans, The Storytelling Person. What Differentiates Us From Animals Is The Fact That We Can Listen To Other People’s Dreams, Fears, Joys, Sorrows, Desires And Defeats–and They In Turn Can Listen To Ours.

I Love Sherlock Holmes. There's Still An Awful Lot To Steal From Conan Doyle. But Within A Tradition You Can Work In Many Different Ways.

When I Was A Very Young Author, I Knew I Needed To Build Myself A Tower Outside Of Europe. Like When You're A Hunter, And Build Towers To Watch The Animals Move. I Knew I Would Never Understand The World Without That Perspective. I Came To Africa For That Rational Reason, Although I Love Mozambique Now.

What Annoys A Person Who Suicides? The Life Itself. Boredom. Tiredness That Descends On Every Morning When You Look At Yourself At The Mirror.