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Quotes by Alexander Mccall Smith
- I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.
- I've also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes it's amazing how it concentrates their minds.
- It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.
- It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.
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