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“'Stay with Me' started out being very political, largely because I'm a little obsessed with politics.”

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Never lend people money you can't afford to give them as a gift.

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Usually, by the time I hit 'save' before taking a nap, my word count has gone down, but the world I'm creating feels more…

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There's a Yoruba proverb which roughly translates into, 'What turns its face to one person has turned its back on the other.' It's always…

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I think there is a dissonance between how much is expected of you as a young person, whether you are a man or a…

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When I was a child, there were two Nigerian writers in every bookshop: Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka.

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