Author: Chris Abani

Quotes

Every successful artist comes from a family - parents or siblings or both - who, although equally gifted, chose not to pursue the treacherous and difficult path of the artist.

Every successful artist comes from a family - parents or siblings or both - who, although equally gifted, chose not to pursue the treacherous and difficult path of the artist.

- Chris Abani

In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.

In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.

- Chris Abani

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

- Chris Abani

Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

- Chris Abani

If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

If I don't get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

- Chris Abani

Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.

Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.

- Chris Abani

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