Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done.

Quote by Wole Soyinka

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There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind,...

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind,...

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd...

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd...

[It] takes a jaundiced view of the much-vaunted glorious past of Africa. And I suppose...

[It] takes a jaundiced view of the much-vaunted glorious past of Africa. And I suppose...

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

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

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a...

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a...

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a...

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a...

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must...

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must...

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an...

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an...

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

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

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not...

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not...

There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in...

There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in...

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just...

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just...

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting,...

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting,...

But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship....

But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship....

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down...

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down...

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

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

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.