There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.

I did not think of writing as a career and I don't think that I did this ever really, but I think of writing as something that I could do, I should do alongside whatever else I was doing. It simply grew on me.

...when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.

When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth

I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.

Real tragedy is never resolved. It goes on hopelessly for ever.