Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away. ”

Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school. ”

In my senior year of high school, I read an article in 'Newsweek' about child soldiers in Sierra Leone. I felt a sense of shock - this was happening in the region where I'm from, and people don't know about it. I wanted to understand. ”

I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away. ”

My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers. ”

My family is first-generation Nigerian, and we grew up in a very small, suburban town in New England, Massachusetts. So I do understand what it feels like to be an 'only' in that regard. ”

I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts, and it goes without saying that there weren't many Nigerian families in that town, and a lot of people couldn't say Uzoamaka. ”

My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.' ”

In performance, you don't always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time. ”

The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children. ”