I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.

History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.

I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.

I think most writers would like a quiet space, complete isolation, in which they control their own time. Spaces of creativity in which there's very little interruption.

Nigeria is so peculiar and dramatic. Even talking about the potentials before we talk about the negativities, Nigeria is a nation for perpetual study. I think in Nigeria, it is the potential which hits people and makes them believe in Nigeria. It tends to make them react when they see potentials being wasted and it is a tragedy to see potentials wasted. But paradoxically, it is a realization of the existence, that positive, that keeps many Nigerians and even foreign people going.

Society itself is responsible for the degradation.

Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.