Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Quotes

I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.

I think people are frightened of saying what they think, and I think that's a bad thing for society.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I often think that people who write a lot about poverty need to go and spend more time with poor people.

I often think that people who write a lot about poverty need to go and spend more time with poor people.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like that I can spend time in America.

I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like that I can spend time in America.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is.

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you.

'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you.

- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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