Chinua Achebe Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013
Birthday: November 16
Death: March 21
The writer is often faced with two choices--turn away from the reality of life's intimidating complexity or conquer its mystery by battling with it. The writer who chooses the former soon runs out of energy and produces elegantly tired fiction.
source: Chinua Achebe (2012). “There Was a Country: A Memoir”, p.50, Penguin
topic: Running, Writing, Tired, Reality Of Life, Two Choices
