A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get excited you can see it in their eyes.

It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict.