When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

There is something about important stories that is not just the message, but also the way that message is conveyed, the arrangement of the words, the felicity of the language. So it's really a balance between your commitment, whether it's political or economic or whatever, and your craft as an artist.

I 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.

Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get excited you can see it in their eyes.

Good leaders, competent leaders must see it as primary task to create friendliness. This something within the scope of most people. Now artists, like writers and sort of course have an added option of using their scale and talent with this in view. It is their business to create an environment in which our people will prosper and be happy.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.