My novels are set in a global space and pace. However, I have never visited most of the places. I wrote my first book in London, but the story took the reader to places in Mexico, Denmark and Russia, and carefully avoided London. I access these global locations with my feet planted in front of my computer. Furthermore, I will use my internet connection to carefully enter the streets of a foreign city and find out how long it will take my main character to get from the airport to the city center – and if there are any shortcuts on the way. Furthermore, I wanted to do something new. The world is becoming a global village, and we have to understand these different cultures. There is a Danish culture, an Israeli culture and so on. So if you want to go to Denmark, then read the book.

— Enock Maregesi

No matter how talented or skilled you are, you will never reach your full potential without expert guidance.

— Enock Maregesi

Novelists and the literary world play an important part in shaping languages. The Swahili they write influence the readers and their languages. The literary obstacle in Tanzania is not that people do not read, but that they don’t read because there are no interesting writers.

— Enock Maregesi

Paraná Na Shetland qua Uganda Wei Mani abbey NI unwell quasi unwell Dino utakaokuweka hurt.

— Enock Maregesi

People speak broken Swahili on purpose. Business people for instance will speak Sheng – a mixture of Swahili and English – because that’s what people want to hear. And what is the government doing? They speak broken Swahili most of the time. Swahili is getting lost, and I am really sorry for the future generations.

— Enock Maregesi

People think that other international languages are smarter and more business wise. But they have to understand that we have to preserve our culture.

— Enock Maregesi

Read non-interesting books!

— Enock Maregesi

Secure tomorrow today by sowing good seeds today and by watering them with faith and love to others.

— Enock Maregesi

Sex to me is not luxury anymore. It is necessity of reproduction.

— Enock Maregesi

To be able to influence Tanzanian literature and African literature, and sell our books in Tanzania as well as in our continent, we need to be committed to what we do. And what we do is writing. Write as much as you can. Read as much as you can. Use the library and the internet carefully for research and talk to people, about things that matter. To make a living from writing, and make people read again in Tanzania and Africa; we must write very well, very good stories.

— Enock Maregesi