Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

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.

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

The world is always in movement.

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.

Though a man cannot abstain from being weak, he may from being vicious.

Something smashed to the ground. Jack looked at me, all the mugs forgotten. "I'm not going to let anyone kill you." He grinned. "If I don't get to, no one should.

Channeling my inner bohemian in a maxi print skirt and textured denim jacket.

You are greater than you know.

Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.

I was better at both ends, defensively and offensively, It was more of a well-rounded game. I want to add to that.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.