Things NoViolet Bulawayo Said In Class Today

1. some stories insist on being told
2. a good story is more intelligent than its author
3. you don’t have to answer to anyone when writing fiction 
4. BUT. when writing non-fiction you have to write with dignity

(and then she read from her story that won the 2011 Caine prize and I wondered why I wasn’t spending every second of my life writing because I guess I could be if I wanted to, and I think I might)