Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

If you ask me, Now, is it your best book? I would say, I don't really know. I wouldn't even want to say. And I'd even go on and say, I don't even think so.

A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.

A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness

I wouldn't have wanted anyone to teach me how to write. That's my own taste. I prefer to stumble on it.

When I was in England, I had seen advertisements about typing agencies; I had learned that if you really want to make a good impression, you should have your manuscript well typed.

What has happened to Africa is very severe. We are talking about the collapse of this and the collapse of that, of good government, of the economy particularly. And this has hit education badly. The news you get from the universities in Nigeria is often appalling. I don't think a lot of it gets out. There is the obsession with cults and all kinds of dreadful things going on and all this is taking its toll and it is not surprising that quality of students and graduates who come out is not good. It will not be surprising if this shows in the quality of work they do.