Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, and nonfiction. In 2008 she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. She was...
There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself.
My greatest vanity is my skin. It is the colour of gingerbread and, thanks to my mother's genes, smooth and mostly blemish-free. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My greatest vanity is my skin. It is the colour of gingerbread and, thanks to my mother's genes, smooth and mostly blemish-free.
There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.
Culture does not make people. People make culture. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Culture does not make people. People make culture.
I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it.
This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.
Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.
If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.
I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue.
I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.