I know there are other writers who sit down religiously every morning, they take their espresso, they put a clean sheet of paper there and they sit looking at that paper until they've finished or covered at least a number of those pages. No, I'm not like that. I have to be ready. It has to gestate it for quite a while and then it's ready to burst forth.

Writers - human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking.

We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.

The idea of having to make constant reference to politics is anathema to my calling as a writer.

Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering.

The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.