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" But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all. "

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" I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum. "

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" Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater. "

" 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. "

" One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material resources, but psychological resources: the commitment of time and a portion of your mind to something when you'd rather be doing something else. "

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

" In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film. "

" I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present. "

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

" Writers and intellectuals have a duty to humanity. It is to insist that the human entity remains the primary asset in overall development; thus, it must be safeguarded. "

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

" There's no way to escape the culture that has evolved, from which we ourselves have evolved. Naturally, we stress it, break it up, reassemble it to suit our own needs. But it is there - a source of vital strength. "

" 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. "

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" History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by anybody, including dictators. "

" Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity. "

" I don't have the sort of temperament that submits to Christianity or Islam. "

" 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. "

" A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts. "