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Top 20 Sefi Atta Quotes (2025 Update)

Sefi Atta Quote: “I’m addicted to writing.”

1. “I’m addicted to writing.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “People don’t fear the wind until it fells a tree. Then, they say it’s too much.”

2. “People don’t fear the wind until it fells a tree. Then, they say it’s too much.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “You don’t need attention to write. All you need is passion for your work and an overwhelming desire to tell a story you genuinely care about. Readers can sense your sincerity and it separates you from pretenders.”

3. “You don’t need attention to write. All you need is passion for your work and an overwhelming desire to tell a story you genuinely care about. Readers can sense your sincerity and it separates you from pretenders.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I’m more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail.”

4. “I get stage fright with short stories. For me it feels like standup comedy: kill or die. I’m more confident when I begin a novel because I know I have space to fail.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “At some point, practicality requires that you reach out to people in the business. You have to take care of business if you value your work.”

5. “At some point, practicality requires that you reach out to people in the business. You have to take care of business if you value your work.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L’Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me – very African.”

6. “As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L’Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me – very African.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “My accountancy experience could come in handy if ever I find myself in the right position. For now, I’m very happy to write.”

7. “My accountancy experience could come in handy if ever I find myself in the right position. For now, I’m very happy to write.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I don’t write non-fiction because I get bored. Some of my writing is autobiographical, but not the way readers imagine. I use my memory of settings, events and people. I weave history into my stories, but my narratives are made up.”

8. “I don’t write non-fiction because I get bored. Some of my writing is autobiographical, but not the way readers imagine. I use my memory of settings, events and people. I weave history into my stories, but my narratives are made up.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I’m no longer concerned about what happens in the literary marketplace. It is distracting and can lead to discontent.”

9. “What works for me is that I read widely and stay focused on my writing. I’m no longer concerned about what happens in the literary marketplace. It is distracting and can lead to discontent.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I can’t say L’Etranger influenced me to write, but for the first time I considered the possibility of telling a story that resembled my own experiences in my own voice.”

10. “I can’t say L’Etranger influenced me to write, but for the first time I considered the possibility of telling a story that resembled my own experiences in my own voice.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I wanted to share so I learnt how to write and kept going. If I could sing or paint, I would.”

11. “I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I wanted to share so I learnt how to write and kept going. If I could sing or paint, I would.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “Most of the children were shoeless and you were confronted with the dilemma that, no matter how much money you had and no matter where you could escape to overseas, you could not save yourself from your own country. p. 134, Madness i the Family.”

12. “Most of the children were shoeless and you were confronted with the dilemma that, no matter how much money you had and no matter where you could escape to overseas, you could not save yourself from your own country. p. 134, Madness i the Family.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I don’t remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading, I would say, “To each his own.””

13. “I don’t remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading, I would say, “To each his own.””

Sefi Atta Quote: “It occurred to me that there was nothing more precious than satisfaction. That it was possible to end up committing a crime just because you were contaminated by a little discontent. You could convince yourself that you were satisfied, then someone could come along and say, ‘But I can offer you more’, and then you could begin to think, My life is not worth much after all. In fact, you could tell yourself, My life was completely worthless from the start. p. 247, Yahoo Yahoo.”

14. “It occurred to me that there was nothing more precious than satisfaction. That it was possible to end up committing a crime just because you were contaminated by a little discontent. You could convince yourself that you were satisfied, then someone could come along and say, ‘But I can offer you more’, and then you could begin to think, My life is not worth much after all. In fact, you could tell yourself, My life was completely worthless from the start. p. 247, Yahoo Yahoo.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I’m disciplined about writing. I get up every day knowing I have to produce work. I’m less concerned about other aspects of the job, such as the prizes and promotions. Promoting my work can be awkward, unless I feel sociable enough. Prizes encourage me to work harder on my next project.”

15. “I’m disciplined about writing. I get up every day knowing I have to produce work. I’m less concerned about other aspects of the job, such as the prizes and promotions. Promoting my work can be awkward, unless I feel sociable enough. Prizes encourage me to work harder on my next project.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I had stopped writing plays set in villages because they were not relevant to my experiences and I knew my English classmates wouldn’t appreciate them.”

16. “I had stopped writing plays set in villages because they were not relevant to my experiences and I knew my English classmates wouldn’t appreciate them.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.”

17. “For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.”

18. “I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I don’t have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I’m drafting a book, I try and do a chapter a day. I dislike first drafts. Revision is a lot more fun, but it takes years.”

19. “I don’t have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I’m drafting a book, I try and do a chapter a day. I dislike first drafts. Revision is a lot more fun, but it takes years.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I don’t have much of an imagination, but I have a mind bank of details, which I play with. It’s how I daydream, so writing like that is natural for me.”

20. “I don’t have much of an imagination, but I have a mind bank of details, which I play with. It’s how I daydream, so writing like that is natural for me.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements – witches, kings and assassinations.”

21. “I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements – witches, kings and assassinations.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “I enjoy writing plays most. I haven’t written a radio play in a while and I don’t write short stories anymore because the process of submitting them depressed me. I really enjoy revising novels, but drafting them can be a pain.”

22. “I enjoy writing plays most. I haven’t written a radio play in a while and I don’t write short stories anymore because the process of submitting them depressed me. I really enjoy revising novels, but drafting them can be a pain.”

Sefi Atta Quote: “Cooking was a skill, I thought; an art form. In our country, we appreciated the end result, but not the craft, perhaps because we didn’t have fancy names. Paring was “cut it.” Julienne was “cut it well.” Chopping was “cut it well well,” and so on till you had puree, which would probably be “mash it.” And, if anyone was measuring any ingredient in a kitchen, it meant that they really didn’t know what they were doing.”

23. “Cooking was a skill, I thought; an art form. In our country, we appreciated the end result, but not the craft, perhaps because we didn’t have fancy names. Paring was “cut it.” Julienne was “cut it well.” Chopping was “cut it well well,” and so on till you had puree, which would probably be “mash it.” And, if anyone was measuring any ingredient in a kitchen, it meant that they really didn’t know what they were doing.”

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