I couldn't tell you why but now I know a story is in fact where you discover who you are, where a culture discovers what it is and I just think that this is a terribly important place to get into and that I would enjoy it.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities

There is something about important stories that is not just the message, but also the way that message is conveyed, the arrangement of the words, the felicity of the language. So it's really a balance between your commitment, whether it's political or economic or whatever, and your craft as an artist.

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.

There is no story that is not true.

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.