When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.
A budding writer wants to be encouraged.
There are people who say that if you are told that your house has fallen you don't ask what about the ceiling or what about the windows. The main thing is that this house, Africa, has fallen. Literature is just one aspect, pick any aspect of the situation.
Women and music should not be dated.
I don't like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.