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

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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.

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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.

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I'm not fond of biographies. I don't like writing about myself.

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Before you're a writer, you're a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to use or not use.

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Just like birds, hunters know no borders.

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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

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

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

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I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.

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No human is completely fearless.

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Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent.

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An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.

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All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.

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Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate.

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One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material resources, but psychological resources: the commitment of time and a portion of your mind to something when you'd rather be doing something else.

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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people. I'm talking about a writer's critics, who don't address what you've written, but want to probe into your existence and magnify the trivia of your life without any sense of humor, without any sense of context.

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Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative.

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

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The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice.

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I have a kind of magnetic attraction to situations of violence.

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Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus, it must be safeguarded.

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Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.

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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.

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The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together.

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I like to say, 'I spend one-third of my time in Nigeria, one-third in Europe or America, and one-third on a plane.'

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African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance.

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Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of.

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Probably to me the greatest singer, female voice, is Billie Holiday. And one of the most moving for me, I don't know why - maybe it's nostalgia, maybe because my life is one of constant partying, whatever.

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I've done a lot of guerrilla theater in my time.

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