Wole Soyinka Quotes
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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.
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And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.
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The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.
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Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
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Writers - human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.
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I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn't just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.
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Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.
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Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.
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I am a glutton for tranquility.
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Only 4 sets of people can vote for the PDP: (1) those who are intellectually blind; (2) those who are blinded by ethnicity; (3) those who are blinded by corruption and therefore afraid of the unknown, should power change hands; and finally (4) those who are suffering from a combination of the above terminal sicknesses.