Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

I think dialects should be left alone. People should write in whatever dialect they feel they want to write. In the fullness of time, these dialects will sort themselves out.

I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.

If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.