Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• I had people read it early on and, you know, well-meaning people said to me, you should take out the blogs. I didn't get much positive feedback. Only because most of these people were protective of me - it was sort of like a "tone it down, make it easier to swallow" kind of thing. And I just thought if I do that then it's not the book I want to write.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Book, Writing, People

• Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Madonna's not our saviour" by Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2007.

• All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not to be, in order to attract or please men. There are far fewer guides for men about pleasing women.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Book, Men, Order

  "We Should All Be Feminists". Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, July 29, 2014.

• I think it's important to humanize history; fiction can help us remember. A lot of books I've read in the past have been so much more important than textbooks - there is an emotional connection with one particular person. I'm very much of a research-is-important type of fiction writer, even for contemporary fiction. I wrote about blogs in America and I've never blogged. But I read many, many blogs - usually about feminist things, or about race, or about hair.

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  Book, Past, Emotional

  "Meet Beyoncé's Favorite Novelist". Interview with Keziah Weir, www.elle.com. February 15, 2014.

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