I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie feelgratitude Change image and share on social
I ask questions. I watch the world. And what I have discovered is that the parts of my fiction that people most tell me are 'unbelievable' are those that are most closely based on the real, those least diluted by my imagination. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie basecloselydilute share on social
My greatest vanity is my skin. It is the colour of gingerbread and, thanks to my mother's genes, smooth and mostly blemish-free. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie blemishcolourfree Change image and share on social
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie askcringefiction Change image and share on social
I find that women... deal with immigration differently. And I'm interested in that. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dealdifferentlyfind Change image and share on social
I am drawn, as a reader, to detail-drenched stories about human lives affected as much by the internal as by the external, the kind of fiction that Jane Smiley nicely describes as 'first and foremost about how individuals fit, or don't fit, into their social worlds.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie affectdescribedetail share on social
Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie africaafricanaid Change image and share on social
I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie columbiadividelagos Change image and share on social
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie adoptafricaafrican share on social
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie africaafricanclass share on social
