"I wanted to put presence into absence. I was very frustrated that black British women weren't visible in literature. …"

"With all of my books I'm interested in where people come from in relation to who they are."

"I have a term I came up with called fusion fiction – that's what it felt like, with the absence of full stops, the lo…"

"I'm not interested in any stereotypes whatsoever."

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"

"As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections."

"A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense."

"The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to…"

"Piety in art—poetry in art—Puseyism in art—let us be careful how we confound them."

"He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not fo…"