In European and American society, many pundits started to lament the death of literature; looking at youth who were getting more and more attracted to sitcoms - hard, adventure films and said, our children are no longer reading, or else they're reading cartoons.

It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

I tend to work best as a one-man Task Force, including even the roles of messenger, coffee maker and office cleaner.

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