The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.

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.

Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.

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

If someone said, I want to translate your novel into Igbo, I would say, Go ahead. But when I write in the Igbo language, I write my own dialect. I write some poetry in that dialect.

Many writers can't make a living. So to be able to teach how to write is valuable to them. But I don't really know about its value to the student. I don't mean it's useless. But I wouldn't have wanted anyone to teach me how to write.