Chinua Achebe Quotes

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story.

Chinua Achebe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013

Topics

StoryWorryKnowNowWillPlot

The first four years of my career, I never complained. I never demanded. I never said anything about money.

Jimmy Graham

MoneyCareerSaidNeverFirstYears

First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.

Jim Ramstad

InformationSecurityPrivacyFirst

I never imagined people like Thanos and Warlock would be drawn into films. They're weird characters in weird stories. Luckily, the twisted kids who read those weird stories are now the twisted adults who are making movies.

Jim Starlin

PeopleWeirdNowMoviesNeverKids

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ManPlacePrincipalFirstSeldom

When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact.

Jeff Ross

GoodStarsJealousyRockSeeSinger

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.

John Sununu

PositiveGoodGovernmentMondayWeek

I feel like I'm the most creative when I'm bored.

Troye Sivan

CreativeFeelBoredI Feel LikeLike

Keep doing what you have to do to help the team out.

Rob Gronkowski

TeamDoingHelpYouOutKeep

Investors like to invest based on traction, so it's always better to raise money when you've got more traction than less.

Michael Seibel

MoneyBetterYouMoreAlwaysGot

Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.

Jay Alan Sekulow

FinanceRulesAlienYearsUpAct

I promptly fell in love with scientific research and soon had assigned myself, as a major vocation, the task of elucidating the mechanism of action of the antidiabetic hormone.

Christian de Duve

LoveMyselfResearchActionTask

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

Clive Barker

SellingOutTakeLightly

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