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

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

— Wole Soyinka

Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.

— Wole Soyinka

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

— Wole Soyinka

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

— Wole Soyinka

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.

— Wole Soyinka

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

— Wole Soyinka

Everything is linked,' said an enraptured Bamboo on stage; 'everyone is linked, all our actions have ramifications, and music is a teacher of this interconnected reality.' There was, however, in the letter a mundane, prosaic footnote that nibbled at the very edges of possible understanding, since understanding must always be preceded by human curiosity. Perhaps it will vanish in the charged space between one suicide bomber and the next military bulldozer that buries human beings alive within the imagined security of their own homes; perhaps it will join other shards of recollected moments of curiosity and discovery, to weld into a vessel of receptivity and response.

— Wole Soyinka

For now, let us simply observe that the assault on human dignity is one of the prime goals of the visitation of fear, a prelude to the domination of the mind and the triumph of power

— Wole Soyinka

For the fire consumes all but the arsonist.

— Wole Soyinka