Quotes From:  Wole Soyinka


Wole Soyinka 

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.

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 

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

Wole Soyinka 

But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.

Wole Soyinka 

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.

Wole Soyinka 

But when you’re deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it’s amazing.

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 

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.

Wole Soyinka 

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

Wole Soyinka 

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We’d meet, they’d come and seek me out, we’d talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.