All Quotes

There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind. ”

No writer has a right to make that much money. Indeed, without diabolical assistance, no writer can. ”

In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film. ”

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. ”

Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped. ”

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present. ”

The writer is the visionary of his people... He anticipates, he warns. ”

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking. ”

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer. ”

Probably to me the greatest singer, female voice, is Billie Holiday. And one of the most moving for me, I don't know why - maybe it's nostalgia, maybe because my life is one of constant partying, whatever. ”