The general attitude of our society towards the female, commonly regarded as the “weaker” sex. I am saddened by the fact that most women, especially … - Zaynab Alkali

I am saddened by the fact that most women, especially in my part of the country, are trained from childhood to regard themselves as intellectually weak and incapable of attaining the highest peak in intellectual development.

If you want to be a good writer, write what you deeply feel you should write, not what you feel the audience will like.

I would say that life demands that we do not give up, no matter how hard it looks. I have lived by the simple code contained in almost all religions, Believe in God and do good works. (Remember God does not leave anybody behind.)

Writing in Nigeria is not a job at all, because a job pays. Writing at home does not. I certainly cannot remember the last time I heard from my publishers. Between the publishers and the book pirates a creative writer in Nigeria will have to have a better reason for writing. For me, writing is therapeutic. I find emotional and psychological healings in it. The act of writing has always been my life-line.