I have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity. WOLE SOYINKA GiveIdeaOrganizationalYou
For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society. WOLE SOYINKA AlreadyBeingDeuceOccupationWriter
Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others. WOLE SOYINKA AppearOtherShudderSometimesThinkWinter
I am a very curious person; I’ll always ask: is this thing true, is it not true? And I use my own means to investigate and come to my conclusion. WOLE SOYINKA ThingVery
Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word. WOLE SOYINKA ExactlySome PoetSometimes
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. WOLE SOYINKA EveryGetKnowPaidProcessorWordWriteWriter