I'm amazed when I think about students today. They know from day one what they are going to be. We didn't. We just coasted. We just knew that things would work out.
Chinua AchebeI know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is an important statement; it's not a novel.
Chinua AchebeEach of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
Chinua AchebeIf the economy of a country collapses completely and the hospitals are no longer able to function as hospitals, it will be very difficult to tell every doctor to stay home to work without drugs, to work without equipment. You might tell some to stay but there a lot of young people who are at the beginning of their careers who would be very difficult to persuade.
Chinua Achebe