Im 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 Ive never understood. – Wole Soyinka
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. – Wole Soyinka
But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. Thats why I call it the most social of the various art forms. – Wole Soyinka
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie. – Wole Soyinka
Its fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth – in other words we can only afford to have one or two children because we dont earn enough. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. – Iain Duncan Smith
The Food Network was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldnt get there by subway, you couldnt be on. It wasnt like TV was something I really wanted to do – but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants. – Bobby Flay