1979: "In poetry there is no place for defining, or highly descriptive adjectives like 'definitely'. It loses its magic, its ability to play on our senses with this type of words."

1979: "At one stage or another during our lives we all work out that everybody goes through the same things. We are all basically the same, that's why we can read a story and relate to it -- if it is in our own language. We are all, however, slightly different -- that's what makes people interesting. If an author were different from the rest of us, we wouldn't be able to relate to their books. Other cultures are -- can be -- distinctly different. That's why some things 'lose something in translation'."

1980: "Children are the most fortunate people on this earth. They have so much to learn."