Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it.

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

Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

My mind immediately shot to South Africa the moment I sat down to think what I was going to write, what I was going to say. There was no other choice.

I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum.

Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.