Politics is the art of the possible creativity is the art of the impossible. – Ben Okri
Dont despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. – Ben Okri
Im conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. Theres hardly a day that goes past on which I dont write poetry. – Ben Okri
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. – Ben Okri
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics. – William Hague