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Chinua Achebe Quotes - Page 6

The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.

Chinua Achebe (2012). “Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays”, p.84, Anchor

An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.

Chinua Achebe, Bernth Lindfors (1997). “Conversations with Chinua Achebe”, p.130, Univ. Press of Mississippi

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.78, Anchor

When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth

Chinua Achebe (2009). “Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!

"Anthills of the Savannah". Book by Chinua Achebe, 1987.

Do you blame a vulture for perching over a carcass?

Chinua Achebe (1986). “Arrow of God”, p.9, Heinemann