"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together."

"I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great."

"If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you."

"If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way."

"I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive."

"There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players."

"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

"The best companies are often built by people who are trying to solve a problem they have themselves."