The ordinary Nigerians have lived as neighbors down the millennia. I was talking about the British who came and merged a whole number of mini states and big states into one unit. But those people were always there, and they always managed to live side by side with their neighbours. So they were not owned or run by one kingdom. It was not practically impossible for these people when they have different languages and religions to be neighbors. So it is that habit of neighbourliness which is destroyed and put under great strain again and again when you have things like massacres.
Chinua AchebeThere is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
Chinua AchebeLiterature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
Chinua AchebeI think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.
Chinua AchebeGenerally, I don't attempt to produce a certain number of words a day. The discipline is to work whether you are producing a lot or not, because the day you produce a lot is not necessarily the day you do your best work. So it's trying to do it as regularly as you can without making it - without imposing too rigid a timetable on your self. That would be my ideal.
Chinua Achebe