Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not difficult.

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Humans, not places, make memories.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.

the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Ghana is like a lion without a head

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

In God, the majority is not always right, enter through the narrow gate

Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.

Once you become a comedian, you accept that people are just going to yell stuff at you.

I think Elvis is the sexiest man to ever walk the earth, I love him.

Can there be anything more sad than a girl dying on the day of her first communion, in her new dress. A little bride of death.

When I was young I was constantly reading walls; I took in everything written on walls, from love messages to political messages. It was my hobby and became my art.

Everything is minimal, and if it's over, it's over. We're abrupt with things: in and out. Especially if it's an overdub - it's gone. It does something that's not real.

The church is the gym of the soul.

The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.