Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.
WOLE SOYINKAMythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
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I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
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Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
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Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You take pride in your openness.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don’t function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I’m even ready to write.
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I began writing early – very, very early… I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer.
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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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I’m not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I’ve never understood.
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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
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The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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