Jani Allan (1952) South African columnist and broadcaster
Speaking in 1995 in an SABC interview about a change of philosophy following her libel case against Channel 4. http://70.84.171.10/~etools/newsbrief/1995/news0103 <br class="br">Other
“In all my life I never competed for fortune, for a woman, or for fame. I learned to write in total isolation.”
Entry (1981)
Eric Hoffer and the Art of the Notebook (2005)
Context: In all my life I never competed for fortune, for a woman, or for fame. I learned to write in total isolation. My first work was also my best, and the first thing published. I never belonged to a circle or clique. I did not know I was writing a book until it was written. When my first book was published there was no one near me, an acquaintance let alone a friend, to congratulate me. I have never savored triumph, never won a race.
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