If you don't like someone's story, write your own.

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.

Just think of the work you've set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.

I think Africa is slowly learning - and painfully - that importance of insisting on responsible leadership. It will come eventually, and we may be impatient and rightly so, because it is not coming fast enough. But that is the way to go.

Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.