I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

I am a woman and a woman of Africa. I am a daughter of Nigeria and if she is in shame, I shall stayand mourn with her in shame.

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.

A hungry man is an angry one.

I'm not just a feminist - I'm a feminist plus.

I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

We travel to see the reflection of our minds on the mirror of changes so that we may enrich ourselves.

There is a poem at the heart of things and a mythic story in the heart of each of us.

Revenge was a dish best eaten cold, but eight years between was arctic.

uh, yeah, I love...worms" Classic. Someone should record the gold that flows from my mouth.

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

I have no idea why people want to watch puppets be the slightly meaner version of the weirdo holding them. It's beyond my comprehension.

Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

The English are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.