I left. When I should have stayed.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

In the end....everything matters.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.

Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.

The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.

Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers.

A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're going into the land of make believe.

It has been proven now scientifically that, an affirmative thought is hundreds of times more powerful than a negative thought.

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.