Damon Galgut

'Arctic Summer,' as you might know, is the title of Forster's one unfinished novel.

I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.

I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away.

Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard.