The language is spare and under control and has a genuine immediacy...The poems never preach but are lined out with a cool and therefore devastating effect

You see it as me going back. I see it as me staying on track.

If love isn't there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.

Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society.

There live Christ and Nero in our hearts.

I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.

Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King

Play is the way that human beings learn about the world. That's how we discover how things work.

If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable.

The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.