Wole Soyinka : (7)

" I have a kind of magnetic attraction to situations of violence. " - Wole Soyinka

" My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience. I never know who’s influencing me at any time. " - 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

" Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. " - Wole Soyinka

" I’ve always written plays for the purpose of getting something out of my system. " - Wole Soyinka

" Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of. " - 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