Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
'Talking Peace' is one of the few books from childhood that I still keep prominently displayed on my bookshelf. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm pulled towards fiction because I really like the freedom it gives me. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I think 'Beasts of No Nation' is a novel that hopefully will affect each person who reads it in a different way. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
There are skills you pick up on in a clinical environment in terms of how to ask questions, what to look for,… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Memoir is a difficult literary form to pull off when dealing with discrete and poignant moments in a life, even harder when… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I fundamentally believe that no one can teach you how to write - finding out how to write a story is part… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Lagos is a fascinatingly infuriating place that its residents love - and love to hate. Licence plates on cars here proudly display the state… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don't know that I have the ability to define what or who… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
I'm not a propaganda machine. I tell things how I see them. When I say, for example, that corruption is not the only thing… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like the Nigerian… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
When somebody says that six million people died in the Holocaust, there is nobody in the world who can understand that. It's only through… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Right after undergrad, I started doing low-level work on health issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and what struck me was the disconnect between how people… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Africa wants the world to acknowledge that through fair partnerships with other members of the global community, we ourselves are capable of unprecedented growth. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
The first time I ever cast a vote in my 1992 Blessed Sacrament School poll, I voted for Ross Perot because - Ross Perot. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Sometimes you just wanna go out, see your action movie, be done with it, come home. You know, and, like, you see 'The Matrix'… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
