“My very first story, I was around 5, and I really just wrote myself. W...” — Tomi Adeyemi Quote

“My very first story, I was around 5, and I really just wrote myself. When I was 5, I loved myself so much I gave myself a twin named Tomi. Everything started out fine. But then I didn't write another black character until I was 18.”

“It's not about creating something that eight billion people would like. It's about creating something and being able to reach the maybe, like, one million people that would like it a lot.”

“Imagination is a funny thing - we sometimes need to see something before we can truly picture it.”

“I'm a Christian. I follow a guy named Jesus, you might have heard of him.”

“I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.”

“I am the oldest of three girls and the only one not named after one of my father's ex-girlfriends.”