Written reports stifle creativity.
Unfortunately, being a woman in society means that sometimes you have to sort of quell what is instinctually broad and magnificent and magical about you.
South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
We've educated children to think spontaneity is inappropriate.
I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none.
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights.
When I came to London in 1986, I was amazed at how prudish everyone was.
I think I could have worked as a technical director. But in this role, you can't attend training or say anything for fear it won't suit the coach, directors, or media. I don't think I want a job like that.
What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset?
A society in which people feel they have a legitimate right to stop someone expressing their views on campus simply because they are unfashionable or unpopular is rather chilling.
Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem.
I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!
So often, when you're an actor, you're told what to do and what to say and what to wear. Your opinion is, at best, tolerated and, at worst, not wanted.
