I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.
タグ: welcome, great, success, positive

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New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down.
タグ: wonderful, place, down, new
Well, I'd say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I don't go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.
タグ: joy, day, world, life
As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.
タグ: think, political, look, me
You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.
タグ: your, always, book, you
The wider your readership, the greater the chances of offending your readers.
タグ: wider, greater, chances, your
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