I don't let the world tell me who I am.

I am not a political person by nature. I don't think writers should be political persons. But in South Africa, you can't keep politics out of your life.

译文：议论别人的不足之处，这不能叫做直爽，帮助别人做坏事，这不能叫做义气。赏析：闲谈莫论人非，对别人的缺点和不足揪着不放，这不是一个智者所为，帮助别人做坏事，不是善举，而是助纣为虐。

我们必须立即行动，因为海洋的衰退是我们不能忽视的危机。

A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks， he becomes.