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" We Nigerians must reclaim our sovereignty, our civic entitlements. "

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" Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake. "

" Rwanda, which is one of the younger independent states in Africa, must be regarded as a model of how great human trauma can be transformed to commence true reconstruction of people. Human trauma can lead to stunted growth and mass withdrawal. "

" 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.' "

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

" Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation. "

" Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure of my favorite deity, Ogun. "

" My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience. I never know who's influencing me at any time. "

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

" Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness. "

" You always assume for some strange reason that you need three meals a day. "

" I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer. "

" Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation. "

" I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is. "

" I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society. "

" I take friendship very seriously. "

" England is the breeding ground of fundamentalist Muslims. Its social logic is to allow all religions to preach openly. But this is illogic, because none of the other religions preach apocalyptic violence. And yet England allows it. "

" The Nation of Islam provides an antidote in the United States to fundamentalist Islam - which is why individuals from America have to go abroad to find radical teachings. "

" No human is completely fearless. "

" In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual. "

" Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. "

" I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago. "

" 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. "

" There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it's being staged; then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience. "

" The scales of reckoning with mortality are never evenly weighted, alas, and thus it is on the shoulders of the living that the burden of justice must continue to rest. "

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

" Military dictatorship, you can focus on it, you can fight it directly. It's a band of power-driven people. "

" I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter. "

" Just like birds, hunters know no borders. "

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

" 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. "