"I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits."

“The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.”

Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 251), 1994.

“I realized a lot of my friends were going to nightclubs and listening to house music. I was hanging out with them and going to clubs as well but I didn't really understand that kind of music. I was listening to country music and was heavily into Hank Williams, bluegrass, and Bob Dylan. So I just decided I really needed to understand what this music I was hearing in the clubs was all about.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyone’s work should be-whether you dance or paint or sing. It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept. You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If you’re lucky, you learn something.”

“It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking—when thoughts dissolved before you could name them.”

Source : Paula Fox (2016). “The Village by the Sea”, p.35, Open Road Media

“Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.”

Source : "Interview: architects Richard Rogers, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour". Interview with Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2012.

“The one important factor that keeps me going is the kind of people I work with.”

“I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.”

Source : "Legends: James Franco" by Michelle Lhooq and Madeline Rudin, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2012.

“AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.”