Creator
Writer/Columnist at Mail & Guardian
There will be rejection in the form of no replies, which will haunt you for days. Keep going.
At the awards ceremony the billboard idea wins a grand prix prize, which is the most important prize to win.
Forgiveness is a lofty ideal, I find. The old recommendation to forgive and forget has always sounded to me like a bucket-list item
I have a fantasy in which a salesperson knocks on my door. I open the door and they open their briefcase presenting me with silence.
‘Moving into middle age, I’m at odds with the idea of a hero, of heroism’
‘I think it’s safe to say the world is experiencing a leadership crisis’
"I’ve been using a company name and have played with the idea of talking to clients about “us here at the office”… but I’ve realised it’s just me. "
‘The revolution has spilled onto the screen’
Emails from clients and colleagues by far outnumber those from friends and family
‘Perhaps the best thing about joining the library is the deadline for finishing a book’
‘Most days, however, looking at it from my side of the fence, the idea of a parent company is somewhat jaded’
By the time Game of Thrones is scheduled to air on Showmax, I’m asleep. That’s just the way I roll and no amount of suspense is going to change it.
Drugs and marketing don’t get people addicted; people get themselves addicted
We all carry loads — we all have crosses to bear
‘I don’t feel safer knowing our military can blow algae to bits’
‘I was born to be 40’
‘There are 80-plus other parks across South Africa I can visit with my Wild Card, symbolically for free’
To be resolute is to be unwavering and they waver (in the form of waivers), taking away our right to demand logic
Yes, 2018 was tough, but when last did we not have a tough year?
‘I also marvelled, yes marvelled, at the patience of everyone standing and sitting, staring blankly into space’
