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.

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.

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.

Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write when I was too young to know what was good for me.

The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.

It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films.

Third time pays for all

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.

If I went to jail, at least I wouldn't have to sign autographs.

Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you.

Everything for me is sacred, beginning with earth, but also going to things made by man.

All of man's wars are based upon TAKING. There could be no war based upon GIVING.

Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.