What is Africa, anyway? Even I don't know what Africa is, entirely. But I know that it's not some of these simplified sound bites you hear in America.

Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body.

I'm not a policy maker. I'm not even a very great activist. My main thing is to make things that speak for the culture that I live in.

I hope my kids see imagination has power to change everything.

A lot of my work reflects the incredible influence that America has had on contemporary African culture. Some of it's insidious, some of it's innocuous, some of it's invisible. It's there.

Always acknowledge your position in the food chain... They eat because you grow the food.

Once that ship has sailed don't hold on to the anchor

Night's black Mantle covers all alike.

People are so sensitive, people are so defensive. I agree with you. We have to learn to loosen up, lighten up, and laugh a little bit.

'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise.

The Clinton machine is so closely and irrevocably tied to the media organizations that she is given the questions and answers in advance of her debate performance with Bernie Sanders.

I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.

I don't think that (U.S. President) George Bush...is a man of honor.

I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

You are incredibly wise. (Kat) Only when it comes to other people. It’s easy to see how to fix their lives. It’s much harder to see the cracks in your own house. (Acheron)