"Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters."

"There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood."

"I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do."

"The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!"

"For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white."

"Wisdom principle 103 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."

"Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it's exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy doesn't immediately make life better."

"Wisdom principle 50 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."