People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.

I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors.