Religion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.
WOLE SOYINKAA human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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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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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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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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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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You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours.
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We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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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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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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Intolerance has always been with us, you know. The moment you have ideology, we have intolerance, whether it’s the secular ideology or, you know ideocratic ideology, which always brings with it some kind of intolerance.
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Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
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Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.
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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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