“When I go back home now, when I go back to Nigeria now, I get off the ...” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quote

“When I go back home now, when I go back to Nigeria now, I get off the plane in Lagos and I just don't think of race. I get on the plane and arrive in Atlanta, and immediately I'm aware of race.”

“The truth has become an insult.”

“I must have been an annoying child.”

“When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their lives. They haven't learned how to sit down and discuss things.”

“It's one thing to plan and imagine what you want on a film, but when you actually arrive and survey the scene, there's a moment of, 'Oh my God, what was I thinking?'”

“By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.”