I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.

I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals. If they were influenced by Macbeth, they were also influenced by Nigerian plays I had seen and Village Headmaster, a television drama series I had watched as a child.

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.

I don't have much of an imagination, but I have a mind bank of details, which I play with. It's how I daydream, so writing like that is natural for me.

I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I needed to tell.

I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.

I don't have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I'm drafting a book, I try and do a chapter a day. I dislike first drafts. Revision is a lot more fun, but it takes years.