Quotes from Ama Ata Aidoo

I've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.

Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not difficult.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Things are working out... towards their dazzling conclusions.

Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write when I was too young to know what was good for me.