Ben Okri

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it. ”

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure. ”

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible. ”

Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence. ”