Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum... The story is our escort. Without it we are blind... It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

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.

I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.

The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

Whenever I try to do anything on a typewriter, it's like having this machine between me and the words; what comes out is not quite what would come out if I were scribbling.