I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly european, not african. — John Maxwell Coetzee
The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness. — John Maxwell Coetzee
As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development — John Maxwell Coetzee
As for september 11, let us not too easily grant the americans possession of that date on the calendar. — John Maxwell Coetzee
If it is indeed impossible – or at least very difficult – to inhabit the consciousness of an animal — John Maxwell Coetzee
I see no marks of wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work — John Maxwell Coetzee
My response, a dubious and hesitant one, is that it has been and may continue to be — John Maxwell Coetzee
In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other. — John Maxwell Coetzee
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as — John Maxwell Coetzee
The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when — John Maxwell Coetzee
The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role. — John Maxwell Coetzee
That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your — John Maxwell Coetzee
Strictly speaking, my interest is not in legal rights for animals but in a change of heart towards animals. — John Maxwell Coetzee
There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is — John Maxwell Coetzee
The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable — John Maxwell Coetzee
