Sometimes it just seems like the more women tell the truth, the less men want to hear it.

Overpopulation. I put my hand up… I am the problem, I have three children. This is grossly irresponsible.

But a running theme has been how many men have said something along the lines of, “Wow, I was so surprised I loved your book, because I’m a man.” These men mean no harm—I don’t take those comments personally—and yet the fact that they were surprised that they loved a book by and about a woman is an indication of the sexism women writers are up against every time they write.

Their clothes' lines. The oil crisis could be solved if people didn't use dryers.

I’d say, “I’m going to be a doctor.” I don’t know why I changed. I know my dad had something to do with it.

It’s art that influenced me while I was in exile – Dumile Feni’s work.

I was part of a very big ANC team, and I worked very, very closely with Oliver Tambo, who was the president of the ANC in exile, who had an enormous influence in my life.

Monday to Friday, very, very industriously from ten in the morning ’til about six in the evening, I just sat and wrote, and revised and revised, and wrote.

I would love to see more joy and fun and laughter and dance and expressiveness. People are very timid.

And when I spoke once, very recently, about African artists, you were resistant to that idea of African art. The Africans who are artists, but they're artists, they were artists.