When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
Chinua AchebeEach of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
Chinua AchebeActually, I identify with all my characters, good and bad. I have to do that in order to make them genuine. I have to understand them even if I don't approve of them. Not completely - it's impossible; complete identification is, in fact, not desirable.
Chinua Achebe