When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays, I remember the kind of things that fascinated me. Weird things, even, about a wizard who lived in Africa and went to China to find a lamp... Fascinating to me because they were about things remote, and almost ethereal.

If you're rooted to a spot, you miss a lot of the grace. So you keep moving, and this is the way I think the world's stories should be told - from many different perspectives.

Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.

I'm amazed when I think about students today. They know from day one what they are going to be. We didn't. We just coasted. We just knew that things would work out.

When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.

There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.

Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache