Buchi Emecheta Quotes

Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in it, but that does not make me a feminist writer. I hate that name. The tag is from the Western world - like we are called the Third World.

Buchi Emecheta

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfHateWomanManMeWorld

Losing is not fun. I know the fans don't like it, but they don't have to watch it every day. I have to watch it every day. I don't like watching bad teams.

Jerry Reinsdorf

DayFunLosingEvery DayBadKnow

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

Jeremy Taylor

MarriageHomeChildrenWifeNestHe

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

Andre Gide

MeThinkImportantSayThings

Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

John Maeda

PeopleHorizonPossibilitiesDone

God, I love John Cassavetes.

Angela Sarafyan

LoveGodI LoveJohn

When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.

Matthew Rhys

PeopleSpeakFakeAmericanFeel

I like grass, I enjoy it and it suits my game.

Andy Roddick

GameSuitsEnjoyGrassLike

Jesus represents the possibilities of a new dimension of existence that transcends all the boundaries that restrict us from opening ourselves to God and allowing this source of love to flow through us.

John Shelby Spong

LoveGodPossibilitiesNewFlow

A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists.

Mike White

LoveFlowerHateYouJustLove You

I wake up every day, I deal with hundreds of thousands, or millions, of dollars. I fund my tours by myself. I do merch by myself. I employ people. I have my own successful company.

Logic

MyselfDayPeopleWake UpEvery Day

I have a few customers who have two or three hundred bags. When you see a lady carrying a little dog bag or a little cat bag or an egg, it makes you happy.

Judith Leiber

DogHappyBagLadyEggYou

Sometimes, like in 'Invisible Monsters,' I get too out of control, and instead of a plot point every chapter, I want a plot point in every sentence.

Chuck Palahniuk

ControlChapterSometimesWantOut

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