“Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an ...” — Alice Walker Quote

“Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.”

“People have so many hang-ups about how other people live their lives. People always want to keep you in a little box, or they need to label you and fix you in time and location.”

“You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.”

“I was born in the UK and brought up by my single mother in Ghana, where being black was unexceptional. As an adult, I learnt to succeed in white Britain, going from a state sixth form, to Oxford university, to a well-paid job in the City, to becoming the first black Conservative MP to attend the cabinet.”

“If I try to age more naturally without caging myself in, I believe I'll be able to become a more mature adult.”

“I love Fredorator and what they produce and the storytelling of 'Adventure Time'... There's such a dark, adult underlying theme underneath the whimsical, magical children's aspect of their storytelling element.”