I think as you grow up and you see things which are around you and you ask questions and you hear the answers, your situation becomes more and more of a puzzle. Now, why is it like this, why are things like this and since writing is one way in which one can ask this questions and try to find these answers, it seems to me a very natural thing to do, especially as it meant stories which I always found moving, almost unbearably necessary.
Chinua AchebeIf you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
Chinua AchebeOnce you have really done all you can, then you can show it to people. But I find this is increasingly not the case with the younger people. They do a first draft and want somebody to finish it off for them with good advice.
Chinua AchebeThe lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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