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> [“It's just that life felt the right size in there... not too big and not too small. Wasn't so hard to work up a bit of courage. It's got so bloody complicated since then.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/it-s-just-that-life-felt-the-right-size-in-there-not-too-big-and-not/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

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## More by Athol Fugard

> [My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/my-life-had-been-defined-by-the-apartheid-years-now-we-were-going/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/love-is-the-only-energy-i-ve-ever-used-as-a-writer-i-ve-never-written/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [I've had one experience of writer's block in my life, and it was living hell. It was a terror for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/i-ve-had-one-experience-of-writer-s-block-in-my-life-and-it-was/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [The reason I'm in San Diego is not because I want distance from South Africa but because I want proximity to the people I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/the-reason-i-m-in-san-diego-is-not-because-i-want-distance-from-south/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [My life had been defined by the apartheid years. Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I believed that I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/my-life-had-been-defined-by-the-apartheid-years-now-we-were-going-2/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [“It's just that life felt the right size in there... not too big and not too small. Wasn't so hard to work up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/it-s-just-that-life-felt-the-right-size-in-there-not-too-big-and-not/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [In South Africa, success never presented the problems that it presents in New York. In New York, if you happen to be the flavor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/in-south-africa-success-never-presented-the-problems-that-it-presents/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [Night-time is when I brainstorm; last thing, when the family's asleep and I'm alone, I think about the next day's writing and plan a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/night-time-is-when-i-brainstorm-last-thing-when-the-family-s-asleep/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/all-of-my-life-had-been-spent-in-the-shadow-of-apartheid-and-when/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [“Aman cant spend his life with only one thought”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/aman-cant-spend-his-life-with-only-one-thought/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [A very close friend of mine keeps reminding me that since about the age of 50, I've been saying, 'I'm finished. I haven't got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/a-very-close-friend-of-mine-keeps-reminding-me-that-since-about-the/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/to-know-nothing-about-yourself-is-to-be-constantly-in-danger-of/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [My essential identity is that of a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/my-essential-identity-is-that-of-a-writer/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [For you in the West to hear the phrase 'All men are created equal' is to draw a yawn. For us, it's a miracle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/for-you-in-the-west-to-hear-the-phrase-all-men-are-created-equal-is/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

> [As fascinated as I was by words on paper, it was matched by my fascination with words in people's mouths. The spoken word. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athol-fugard/as-fascinated-as-i-was-by-words-on-paper-it-was-matched-by-my/)

[Athol Fugard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athol-fugard/)

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