Chinua Achebe Quote

To the question of writing at all we have sometimes been counselled to forget it, or rather the writing of books. What is required, we are told, is plays and films. Books are out of date! The book is dead, long live television! One question which is not even raised let alone considered is: Who will write the drama and film scripts when the generation that can read and write has been used up?

Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays (ed. Anchor, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307816467

To the question of writing at all we have sometimes been counselled to forget it, or rather the writing of books. What is required, we are told, is...

To the question of writing at all we have sometimes been counselled to forget it, or rather the writing of books. What is required, we are told, is...

To the question of writing at all we have sometimes been counselled to forget it, or rather the writing of books. What is required, we are told, is...

To the question of writing at all we have sometimes been counselled to forget it, or rather the writing of books. What is required, we are told, is...