在空闲的时候不做准备，危急的时候却临时抱佛脚。国家发生战乱时，才想到有名的将领；家庭贫困时才希望能有个贤惠的妻子。

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.

I'm not a politician. I'm a performance artist.

To write is to breathe life into the shadows of our thoughts, to give form to the formless.

To be African is to be modern - this is the central paradox we must embrace.

"The best characters feel real enough to step right off the page."