The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

写作是一种孤独的修行。

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything in life, you have to work for it.

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

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Sometimes, what we need is not a bowl of chicken soup, but a slap in the face.

每一个故事都是一次进入未知的旅程。

You have to find that balance between confidence and humility.