Nigerian - Dramatist | July 13, 1934 -
I'm not fond of biographies. I don't like writing about myself.
Wole Soyinka
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An idyllic period of my existence was when I had a den attached to my home... a writing den, and no one had access to that unless they had their own special visa, applied for weeks in advance.
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I don't have the sort of temperament that submits to Christianity or Islam.
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Some people think the Nobel Prize makes you bullet-proof. I never had that illusion.
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Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.
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An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.
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In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.
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I've done a lot of guerrilla theater in my time.
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Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative.
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You always assume for some strange reason that you need three meals a day.
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There's no way to escape the culture that has evolved, from which we ourselves have evolved. Naturally, we stress it, break it up, reassemble it to suit our own needs. But it is there - a source of vital strength.
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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.
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