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" African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance. "

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" I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer. "

" Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land. "

" All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour. "

" 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. "

" Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. "

" There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle. "

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

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

" My father was a schoolteacher, and so I had the advantage of both western educational instruction in the school, as well as what you might call the process of imbibing the traditional processes of education instruction around me. "

" I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it. "

" England is the breeding ground of fundamentalist Muslims. Its social logic is to allow all religions to preach openly. But this is illogic, because none of the other religions preach apocalyptic violence. And yet England allows it. "

" The Nation of Islam provides an antidote in the United States to fundamentalist Islam - which is why individuals from America have to go abroad to find radical teachings. "

" Those nations that say it's a crime to preach your religion are making a terrible mistake. All they're doing is driving underground other forms of spiritual intuitions and practices. "

" Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate. "

" There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind. "

" Writing in certain environments carries with it an occupational risk. "

" When I write plays, I'm already seeing the shapes on stage, of the actors and their interaction, and so on and so forth. I don't think I've ever written one play as an abstract piece, as a literary piece, floating in the air somewhere, to be flushed out later on. "

" Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent. "

" The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice. "

" One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about. "

" The writer is the visionary of his people... He anticipates, he warns. "

" Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for. "

" I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is. "

" The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist. "

" I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident. "

" I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society. "

" I take friendship very seriously. "

" 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. "

" I am a glutton for tranquility. "