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Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.
— Wole Soyinka
We do not ask the mountain's aid to crack a walnut.
— Wole Soyinka
I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
— Wole Soyinka
The Lagos of my childhood was a well-laid-out maritime city.
— Wole Soyinka
I've done a lot of guerrilla theater in my time.
— Wole Soyinka
Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.
— Wole Soyinka
The idea of having to make constant reference to politics is anathema to my calling as a writer.
— Wole Soyinka
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
— Wole Soyinka
I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.
— Wole Soyinka
If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
— Wole Soyinka
Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.
— Wole Soyinka
A tiger doesn't proclaim its tigerness; it jumps on its prey
— Wole Soyinka
Writers who open up horizons for other people are performing a function every bit as important as a consciously politicized writer.
— Wole Soyinka
We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
— Wole Soyinka
No writer has a right to make that much money. Indeed, without diabolical assistance, no writer can.
— Wole Soyinka
I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is.
— Wole Soyinka
A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
— Wole Soyinka
A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts.
— Wole Soyinka
A tiger doesn't proclaim his tigritude, he pounces
— Wole Soyinka
An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.
— Wole Soyinka
Profanity is the name given to the defilement of the sanctity of human life.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Military dictatorship, you can focus on it, you can fight it directly. It's a band of power-driven people.
— Wole Soyinka
Sadness is twilight's kiss on earth.
— Wole Soyinka
Just like birds, hunters know no borders.
— Wole Soyinka
I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.
— Wole Soyinka
I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
— Wole Soyinka
I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.
— Wole Soyinka
In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.
— Wole Soyinka
Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
— Wole Soyinka
For the fire consumes all but the arsonist.
— Wole Soyinka
Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure of my favorite deity, Ogun.
— Wole Soyinka
Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation.
— Wole Soyinka
Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent.
— Wole Soyinka
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny
— Wole Soyinka
Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.
— Wole Soyinka
Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.
— Wole Soyinka
All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.
— Wole Soyinka
I am a glutton for tranquility.
— Wole Soyinka
Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
— Wole Soyinka
The man dies in all those that keep silent.
— Wole Soyinka
No human is completely fearless.
— Wole Soyinka
The Mind is the sole coefficient of Time and Space. - Wole Soyinka
— Majemite Jaboro
One has to confront history honestly.
— Wole Soyinka
Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
— Wole Soyinka
For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
— Wole Soyinka
African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance.
— Wole Soyinka
I take friendship very seriously.
— Wole Soyinka
Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate.
— Wole Soyinka
And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.
— Wole Soyinka
I like to say, 'I spend one-third of my time in Nigeria, one-third in Europe or America, and one-third on a plane.'
— Wole Soyinka
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
— Wole Soyinka
I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.
— Wole Soyinka
