Wole Soyinka Quotes

I think I'm a very lazy writer and by that I mean that I do not battle, I don't struggle too hard against it. If I have difficulties in the writing, I just go and do other things. I don't feel a compulsion to write.

Wole Soyinka

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  • Mean
  • Struggle