Chinua Achebe

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.