Quotes About 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.

Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure of my favorite deity, Ogun.

Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

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.