"You have your own path, and you have to stick to your own path, because everybody's Chi is different."

"You also need to know that you're on your own - even when you’re surrounded by people doing the same thing, you need …"

"And so you will do whatever you can to achieve your goals. I mean, look at Killmonger, for heaven's sake."

"You believe that your purpose is pure, is more refined, sophisticated, and more important than everybody else’s."

"You treat people with reverence because you don't know who you're talking to, you could be greeting an ancestor that …"

"You can look for help later down the line, but you have to do the toughest bits of this gig yourself, read everything…"

"If there’s a fear of confronting who you are and what you believe, you're never going to be a good writer because you…"

"Don't be afraid to read things that are controversial."

"Do what you're supposed to do, and the rest will fall into place."

"work on every genre of literature from fiction to poetry, non-fiction and drama. I do work more on some than the othe…"