I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
WOLE SOYINKAWe live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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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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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.
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It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.
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I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we’d never smelled the fumes of petroleum.
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When I say war, I’m not talking about mental war; I’m talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.
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History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
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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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. . . as far as the regime is concerned, well, the play is sheer terror for them. Because they feel, How dare – how dare anybody lift his or her voice in criticism against us? We have the guns. Their level of paranoia and power-drunkenness is unbelievable.
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See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
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