Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebewas a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apartwas considered his magnum opus, and is the most widely read book in modern African literature...
NationalityNigerian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 November 1930
CityOgidi, Nigeria
CountryNigeria
trouble novel incomplete
There are things the story must have or else look incomplete. And these will almost automatically present themselves. When they don't, you are in trouble and then the novel stops.
trouble failure-of-leadership nigeria
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership,
country differences trouble
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us.
men tortoises trouble
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
men trouble
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
leaders nigerians
Nigerians are what they are because their leaders are not what they should be
abandoned falsehood notion recognize third waste
What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's a waste of time.
expect fellow full life lives next observe
The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.
Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
character
There must be areas in which a particular character does not represent you.
writing accepting
What you must accept is that your life is not going to be the same while you are writing.
trying done kind
I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
thinking
Just think of the work you've set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
book thinking ask-me
If you ask me, Now, is it your best book? I would say, I don't really know. I wouldn't even want to say. And I'd even go on and say, I don't even think so.