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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

Topics: About Africa African Aids American Books Certain Come Exotic Expectations Maybe Poverty Think Wildlife Will Write Writers

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This idea of feminism as a party to which only a select few people get to come - this is why so many women, particularly women of colour, feel alienated from mainstream western academic feminism. Because don't we want it to be mainstream?

~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Topics: Academic Alienated Because Colour Come Feel Feminism Few Few People Get Idea Mainstream Many Only Particularly Party People Select Want Western Which Why Women

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As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how you want to play a role, and you endeavour to convince people of your interpretation or your point of view.

~Chin Han

Topics: Actor Blazing Come Convince Endeavour Guns How Hubris Ideas Interpretation Kinds Lot People Play Point Point Of View Role View Want You Young Young Actor Your

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'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa.

~China Mieville

Topics: Book Come Disastrous Discipline Gamble Get Lack Off Other Pleasures Think Undisciplined Versa Very Vice Vice Versa Way You I Think

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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

Topics: About Almost Automatically Because Characters Come Gets Going Know Novel Now Once Plot Pulling Story Themes Then Things Viable Will Worry

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I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there was something inside me that wanted me to tell who I was, and that would have come out even if I didn't want it.

~Chinua Achebe

Topics: Began Come Even Going Had Idea Inside Just Knew Me No Idea Now Out Something Tell Want Wanted Who Would Writer

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When I went to Spain, the tourism minister told me a lot of people want to come to India, as they love Bollywood, but they don't have direct flights and find it difficult to get visas on arrival that is currently offered to only citizens of nine countries.

~Chiranjeevi

Topics: Arrival Bollywood Citizens Come Countries Currently Difficult Direct Find Flights Get India Lot Love Me Minister Nine Offered Only People Spain Tourism Want

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The ancient world is always accessible, no matter what culture you come from. I remember when I was growing up in India and I read the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey.'

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Topics: Accessible Always Ancient Come Culture Growing Growing Up Iliad India Matter Odyssey Read Remember Remember When Up World You I Remember

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The truth is, it's a totalitarian dictatorship when you're making films. You are the boss. You can listen to other people, and it can be a benevolent dictatorship, but it's a dictatorship nonetheless. A lot of directors go past their first experience, that's what they've come away with.

~Chiwetel Ejiofor

Topics: Away Benevolent Boss Come Dictatorship Directors Experience Films First Go Listen Lot Making Nonetheless Other Past People Totalitarian Truth Truth Is You

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I've always liked the idea of being a father. And I've always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.

~Chiwetel Ejiofor

Topics: About Always Because Being Career Come Complications Father Idea Liked Lost Way Young

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