It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt. Wole Soyinka More Quotes by Wole Soyinka More Quotes From Wole Soyinka I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn't just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission. Wole Soyinka accepting violence students Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet. Wole Soyinka prospects nigeria thinking I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident. Wole Soyinka accidents novelists 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. Wole Soyinka confidence self thinking Everybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of a fraternity. In fact, anybody who goes to College in the United States is a member of a College fraternity. There is absolutely nothing evil or occultic about fraternity. Wole Soyinka president college evil No man beholds his mother's womb Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots. Wole Soyinka roots mother men My father used to tell me stories before I fell asleep. When the children would gather, at a certain point, I had a tendency to make up my own elementary variations on stories I had heard, or to invent totally new ones. Wole Soyinka stories father children I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer. Wole Soyinka writing art school Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. Wole Soyinka evolution facts firsts Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it. Wole Soyinka writing mean book 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. Wole Soyinka endeavour creative natural Each time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space. Wole Soyinka throwback space thinking Sadness is twilight's kiss on earth. Wole Soyinka sadness kissing twilight 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. Wole Soyinka addresses media people 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. Wole Soyinka opinion strong creative I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable. Wole Soyinka i-believe language believe 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. Wole Soyinka typewriters writing morning The process of decolonisation in Nigeria was a very untidy one. The British, when they were leaving finally and knew exactly who they wanted to take over, they wanted pliant government, figures, structures, they wanted to continue indirectly in effect their control over much of their colonial possessions and this was one of the very early causes of conflict. Wole Soyinka leaving causes government 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. Wole Soyinka pride adventure giving Writers are human. I shudder to think how I must sometimes appear to others. Wole Soyinka humans sometimes thinking
