Contradictions if well understood and managed can spark off the fires of invention. Orthodoxy whether of the right or of the left is the graveyard of creativity.
—Chinua Achebe
In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to ome forward and shoot your murderer in the chest—without asking to be paid.
—Chinua Achebe
Topics: Inspiration
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
—Chinua Achebe
Topics: Trouble
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