In his memoirs, "Long Road to Freedom," he wrote that he survived during those years of captivity because he always decided to look upon his oppressor as also being a human being, also being a human being.
Στα απομνημονεύματά του "Ο μακρύς δρόμος προς την ελευθερία" έγραψε ότι επιβίωσε όλα αυτά τα χρόνια του εγκλεισμού επειδή αποφάσισε να θεωρεί τον δυνάστη του σαν ανθρώπινο ον, σαν ανθρώπινο ον.