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I don’t really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

Wole Soyinka

I said: “A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces”. In other words: a tiger does not stand in the forest and say: “I am a tiger”. When you pass where the tiger has walked before, you see the skeleton of the duiker, you know that some tigritude has been emanated there.
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Other Prince Proclaim Say Stand Tiger Tignitude Word
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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All Book Form Suppress Terror Truth Wish Write
And gradually they’re beginning to recognize the fact that there’s nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it’s sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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Accountable Beginning Democratic Fact Form Gradually More Nothing Participatory Recognize Secure
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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Accept Articulated Collective Definition Good Minority Power Privilege Society Specially
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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Learn Machine Morning Paper Piece Put Start Typewriter Writer Writing
I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.
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Absolute Believe Cause Certainty Confidence Feel Must One Self Think Through
A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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Does Proclaim Pounce Tiger Tigribute
For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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Already Being Deuce Mission Occupation Society Writer
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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All Artistic Creative Direction Individual Temperament Well
The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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All Die Keep Man Silent Those
I have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
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Capacity Give Idea Money Organizational You
There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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Home Idea Life Man Mussel One Only River Shell Soul Tortoise
But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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All Lesson Sit Sown Ultimate Write
Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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Earth Sadness Twilight
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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Believe Best Kind Learn Look Other Process Work
Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.
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Country People Person Prospect Say Yet

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