All Quotes

There's no way to escape the culture that has evolved, from which we ourselves have evolved. Naturally, we stress it, break it up, reassemble it to suit our own needs. But it is there - a source of vital strength. ”

I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture. ”

Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for. ”

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater. ”

I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it. ”

But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing. ”

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it. ”

One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about. ”

Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation. ”

The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice. ”