All Ben Okri Quotes
- When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self. Best
- One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. Adversity
- We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing. It… Abyss
- You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without having pepper soup. Cannot Come
- Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly. All
- I became a sceptic of one way of seeing the world. And I think it is what started me in my awareness that any worldview… Any
- I am one year older than Nigeria at 51. In a human life, 51 might be old. But it is very young for a nation.… Conscious
- If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in… Craft
- Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence. All
- Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things. Believe
- Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible. Art
- If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving. Anything Better
- The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious origins and our numinous destinies, and dissolve them both into… Beginning
- I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare. No, let's say Shakespeare… Dickens