We are living in enchanted time. With our spirits right.

Don't neglect the gold in your own back yard.

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.

The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.

The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.