"To write is to breathe, and to breathe is to live."

The challenge is not to represent Africa, but to present African complexities.

Music is reflection of self. We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail.

世界就在你面前，你不必接受它或离开它，就像你进来时那样。

电影的美在于它让我们感觉不那么孤单的能力。

小说是可能的不可能的艺术。

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

伟大的艺术家能让不可见的东西变得可见。