The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.

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Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood,...

We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood,...

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

I was going to be a scientist.

I was going to be a scientist.

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for...

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.

If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it...

Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had...

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history

The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet