Romance is the sweetening of the soulWith fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
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
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress truth.
I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.
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.
Each time I think I’ve created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.
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.
I’m not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I’ve never understood.
And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.
The Sudanese government has been playing games with the world, with the Africa Union, in particular, have been playing for time in order to conclude its mission of ethnic cleansing in the Sudan.
I’m an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
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.