What Kind Of Power Was It If

You Cannot Plant Greatness As You Plant Yams Or Maize. Who Ever Planted An Iroko Tree — The Greatest Tree In The Forest? You May Collect All The Iroko Seeds In The World, Open The Soil And Put Them There. It Will Be In Vain. The Great Tree Chooses Where To Grow And We Find It There, So It Is With The Greatness In Men.

There Must Be Areas In Which A Particular Character Does Not Represent You.

Real Tragedy Is Never Resolved. It Goes On Hopelessly For Ever.

A Disease That Has Never Been Seen Before Cannot Be Cured With Every-day Herbs.

I Think An Artist, In My Definition Of That Word, Would Not Be Someone Who Takes Sides With The Emperor Against His Powerless Subjects. That's Different From Prescribing A Way In Which A Writer Should Write.