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

Author : Wole Soyinka

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.

Author : Wole Soyinka

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

Author : Wole Soyinka

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

Author : 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.

Author : Wole Soyinka

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

Author : 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.

Author : Wole Soyinka

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.

Author : 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.

Author : Wole Soyinka

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

Author : Wole Soyinka