I like reading free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about that place.

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

Every time there's a revolution it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.

I spend a lot of time reading.

I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.

I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century especially in 1830 and 1848 when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information.