The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. – Ben Okri
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, its about us, its about the reader. – Ben Okri
Dont despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. – Ben Okri
I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people. – Ben Okri
The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing. – Jon Meacham