Chinua Achebe Quotes

I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.

I'm a realist.

Reflecting the truth sounds easy, but sometimes it's not.

I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.

I'm always being realistic.

Without so much as turning a hair I freely admit that I am one of America's greatest realists.

I do try to write in ways that reflect reality, and I think that reality is rarely simple.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

I'm not a Pollyanna; I'm a pragmatist.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.

I like to think I'm some savage realist.

We don't typically use music. We don't manipulate our audience into what we think it should feel. We tell the truth. That's 'Southland' Style'... and I love it!

I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty.

It's the truth and people need to hear the truth.

I'm a hopeful cynic.

I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

We must face the facts as we find them, not as we may wish them.

When something favors France, I say so. When it doesn't, I say so, too.

I would definitely welcome lighter material, but I like to be where the truth lies.

I consider myself a realist.

I like to be an optimist, but I like to be a realist, too.