Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.

Though I knew I shouldn’t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row.

We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.

You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.

Silence is the best answer to a fool.

Use your powers for good instead of evil

I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.

Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.

All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back together and then she fell apart again and put herself back together, over and over.

Is it not the worst pain to know there is a cure for your child's illness and then not be able to obtain it? Oh it must be the one of the worst types of pain in the world.

Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!

We had incense and rock'n'roll posters, and we sold records and rolling papers. People could just, like, hang out. We had a cool vibe going.

A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie.

As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't.

Taking responsibility as a co-creator with God presupposes a basic understanding of how creation works.

For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.

Diogenes lighted a candle in the daytime, and went round saying, "I am looking for a man.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow.

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.