Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

There is a certain increase in the importance I assign to women in getting us out of the mess that we are in, which is a reflection of the role of women in my traditional culture - that they do not interfere in politics until men really make such a mess that the society is unable to go backward or forward. Then women will move in.

Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!