Quotes
On the aesthetic use of native African characters in his tales:
- "I do not regard the native as my brother or my sister, nor even as my first cousin: nor as a poor relation. I do not love the native--nor do I hate him. To me he is just a part of the scenery, a picturesque object with uses."
On Intellectualism:
- "The intellectual is someone who has found something more interesting than sex".
- "What is a highbrow? He is a man who has found something more interesting than women."
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