"When I feel that I'm going to write a detective story, I buy a five pound box of chocolates and a ream of paper. When the candy is all gone and the paper all used up, I know that the book is long enough."

“If you're a professional, you'll make it work. you can be like, 'I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do it where I'm satisfied.' But I'm very comfortable being uncomfortable so I just go for it.”

“I can't imagine I could have become the person I am now without books. Books became synonymous with freedom. They showed that you could open doors and walk through.”

“I'm ghetto chic, I'm where the hood and high fashion meet”

“Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.”

Source : Morrie Schwartz (2011). “Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man”, p.19, Pan Macmillan

“The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.”

“The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.”

Source : "What Africa Needs Above All: The Rule of Law" by Dr. Mo Ibrahim, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2014.

“Angel Heart' was one of my favorite films.”

“I call my mom and talk to her about random stuff I saw on the Internet. That's kind of the only constant in my day-to-day.”