Quotes about Ben Okri

You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria....

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We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too...

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The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

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The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the...

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The greatest religions convert the world through stories.

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The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for...

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Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.

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Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

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Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it...

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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

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I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

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I was going to be a scientist.

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