Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes
Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I have lived off and on in America for a number of years and so have accumulated observations, found things interesting, been moved to tell stories about them.
Quotes to Explore
-
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
-
Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
-
River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
-
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
-
People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
-
The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
-
For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.
-
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
-
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
-
I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
-
My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
-
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
-
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
-
Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
-
There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
-
I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
-
As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.
-
In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.
-
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
-
I'm very hard on myself. I think that drives me because I don't want to let people down or let myself down. That fear of failing drives me from being complacent.
-
Obama was heckled by someone who said, 'Don't forget about medical marijuana.' The Secret Service has narrowed the suspects down to everyone in L.A.
-
America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember.
-
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
-
Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I have lived off and on in America for a number of years and so have accumulated observations, found things interesting, been moved to tell stories about them.
