I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it's recorded, outsourcing memory to technology.

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means ever…

- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor