For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
WOLE SOYINKABut 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.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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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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Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
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I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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But when you’re deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it’s amazing.
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Well, some people say I’m pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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