199 Quotes by Wole Soyinka

A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts.

Writers who open up horizons for other people are performing a function every bit as important as a consciously politicized writer.

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

As I grew older and more mature, I've been able to move beyond the immediate response of violence to a projection of the pragmatic, political consequences of that violence. So it's an effort to attain equilibrium.

The idea of having to make constant reference to politics is anathema to my calling as a writer.

Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.

I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically contrary to the mandate that alone upholds the legitimacy and dignity of his office.