I've Never Abandoned The Novel.

It Has Had A Calamitous Effect On Converted Peoples. To Be Converted You Have To Destroy Your Past, Destroy Your History. You Have To Stamp On It, You Have To Say 'my Ancestral Culture Does Not Exist, It Doesn't Matter'.

One Must Always Try To See The Truth Of A Situation - It Makes Things Universal.

I'm My Own Writer. My Material Means I'm Entirely Separate.

What Was Past Was Past. I Suppose That Was The General Attitude.

Most People Are Not Really Free. They Are Confined By The Niche In The World That They Carve Out For Themselves. They Limit Themselves To Fewer Possibilities By The Narrowness Of Their Vision.