The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.

Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.

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.

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

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.

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.