“We can all take pictures but not everyone can capture the beauty that s usually hidden in plain view... We can all open our mouth to sing but not everyone can can melodically touch your soul... We can all pick up a pen to write but not everyone can write words in such a way that they leap off of the page for you... We can all part our lips to speak but not everyone can speak life into you... We can all move our bodies to a beat but not everyone can become one with music, stir emotions and shift energy with dance... Point is: WE CAN all do something but Know your gifts, cultivate them and ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE YOURSELF! Then working together becomes effortless. Copies aren t accepted everywhere...ORIGINALS are eventually required!”
“Perhaps tomorrow I would actually put pen to paper.”
“To be able to influence Tanzanian literature and African literature, and sell our books in Tanzania as well as in our continent, we need to be committed to what we do. And what we do is writing. Write as much as you can. Read as much as you can. Use the library and the internet carefully for research and talk to people, about things that matter. To make a living from writing, and make people read again in Tanzania and Africa; we must write very well, very good stories.”
“Sacred solitude; reading, wondering and writing.”
“Begin to write.”
“I can t get why people are afraid of books or films which are horror. What s the scary of the film Cube 1,2,3 - Yeah it was brutal I get scary, but after an hour I m fine. I just continue to live my life. I check out Saw , the most brutal film ever watched, yeah I could have some kind a bad thoughts and other stuff about the film. Like to think that this guy Saw , is there with the bike, but after few days everything it went on the right path. I had chance to see what is the real face of the killers - Saw and what does goverment do Cube ! GreenMile was a sad story, I still can t believe that Stephen King has written it!”
“Don’t just see brilliance… Feel it.”
“Writers don’t write about just anybody.”
“The key is in the craft.”
“Writing is like breathing for my soul.”
“Until you take a pen to write, then you will see the miracle of writing.”
“Primary goal for the author: Write what you mean to say Primary goal for the reader: Read what the author actually writes”
“Police officers seem nice until they start targeting you for stops, give you a bogus speeding ticket and write fake police reports about their interactions with you”
“We write our deepest thoughts.”
“We write from soul of the heart.”
“And what has been so awful in your life that you have to write about it?” Mrs Lincoln, a definite gall bladder, persevered.”
“Our feelings are best articulated with words.”