I believe artists should be able to step into other people's situations, contexts and cultures and work from … - Uwem Akpan

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I'm 48. For a while after 'The Jerk' (movie) I had a feeling of failure. I was a little scared. First people discover you and they love you. You get big and then you fail. And people are glad that you fail. But I've always come back and I've started to trust myself.

Uwem Akpan

I believe artists should be able to step into other people's situations, contexts and cultures and work from there. If artists don't have that freedom, then, as someone has said, are we all writing our autobiographies?

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I think fiction allows us to sit for a while with people we would rather not meet.

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Maybe if we can find time to hug and cherish our families and the people around us, child suicide or college suicide wouldn't be rampant.

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I'd say my religious life has shaped my worldview; my writing, I'd say too, is an extension of the pulpit. . . it reaches folks who don't care for organized religion in a different way.

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I'm happy if my book makes you want to kiss your family. . . if we can reconcile with each other no matter where we are on the globe.

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I have been very afraid of writing about other cultures and countries. I've been worried about getting the research wrong. I ask a lot of questions. I try to visit the area. If I'm not able to do that, I search out people from that country who live elsewhere and ask questions.

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