A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.
Chinua AchebeI have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.
Chinua AchebeI don't like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
Chinua AchebeIt always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.
Chinua Achebe