When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.

Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front.

Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.

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.

What you must accept is that your life is not going to be the same while you are writing.

When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.