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Yejide Kilanko Quotes

born 1975

Yejide Kilanko (born 1975) is a Nigerian Canadian fiction writer and social worker. She is known for addressing violence against women in her work.

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I’ve always felt that one does life better with the right friends.

Goal, motivation, and conflict are essential story building blocks, and they are what shape my plotting and characterization processes.

Characters are never distant or holier-than-thou.

It is easy for us to have strong negative feelings about self-centered and deluded people

When we catch glimpses of other people’s humanity, we may be open to understanding why they act the way they do without needing to approve or disapprove of their behaviour.

As a Yoruba woman, I grew to believe that the names given to babies shape their personalities and destinies. Therefore, I spend quite a bit of time pondering the names I give to all my characters.

I’m a writer. I still smile at my computer screen whenever I type those words. It’s a beautiful thing when your passion and purpose fuse.\

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Yejide Kilanko (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.