It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Humans, not places, make memories.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.

the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Ghana is like a lion without a head

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

It's been my Buckingham Palace, my White House, my Taj Mahal, so coming here today as a real member is - well, it's a big deal.

People will come up to me and try and be secretive and say, 'Can you do the Gollum voice for me?' And I'm like, 'Are you kidding? It's 8:30 in the morning on the Victoria Line.'

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if youre not careful.

When I can't see myself in the mirror, I can't even feel myself, and I begin to wonder if I exist at all.

If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.

I will follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell.

Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.

For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done that before in exactly this form and we had to have costumes for it.

Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!