Buchi Emecheta Quotes

I always value my large kitchen because it was better to do everything there, you wash up, you do everything, rather than messing up another room and I pop my typewriter just next to it. So I still write now but I was doing more writing when the children were younger.

Buchi Emecheta

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: nigerian
  • Birth: July 21, 1944 - January 25, 2017

Topics

ChildrenValueWritingBetterDoing

I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person.

Jennifer Saunders

MotherTimeLookPersonSayBecome

It looks like things are changing in north London. Tottenham have gone down a road they've never been down before. They've kept their best players and pushed young English ones through. They've started to match Arsenal - who were light years ahead - by building a new stadium.

John Motson

LightBestBuildingRoadDownYoung

I think the gay - the gay/straight alliances in the school are very useful as far as creating understanding among kids and so kids aren't necessarily so stigmatized or demonized for being who they really are.

Jeanne Phillips

ChangeCommitmentPeopleFeelYou

People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.

Michael Zaslow

TodayAlonePeopleProblemsProblem

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

Michael Landon

MedicalDieYouIllnessCureBefore

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Ludwig von Mises

PeaceFightWishesMustWhoever

So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do.

Joseph Jarman

MusicPossibleWriteOrchestraGot

When I think of the 1980s, the only color that comes to mind is a brown, yellowish color. I guess it's coming from my life experience, and it's melancholia and sadness and a bit of joy.

Denis Villeneuve

LifeExperienceJoyMindThink

I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing a draft, but I do listen to it when I'm revising.

Donald Ray Pollock

MusicWritingListenMonsterMagnet

My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

Claiborne Pell

MeOpponentOutGotWellUnion

Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it.

Wim Wenders

PeopleWorldMoviesNeedOverSee

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

William Gurnall

GodTrustChristianMustWithdrawing

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