I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing.

Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything.

I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.

Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.

For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.

I don't think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear.

Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.

I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left.

Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated.

I like talking to myself and making patterns out of the letters of the alphabet on blank surfaces.

...if you plan everything out completely from beginning to end, you destroy your chance for adventure.

It is said that our destiny is set, predetermined before conception. But I myself, have never been a believer…

Write about society as news and treat it like sociology.

I did a club one night - the speakers were old as hell. My jokes were coming out in black and white.

It's not over until I (you) win.

I'm really just expressing myself in every different stage of my life.

Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.

Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.

No sound is dissonant which tells of life.

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.