At 86, I can easily look back to the last eight decades. Though memory often fails me now, so many images of… — F. Sionil Jose Abide Copy Share Image
“Was he the epitome of virtue because he was poor? How had it been in the village? There was foul gossip and… — F. Sionil José Thinking About Others Copy Share Image
“The Philippines just need 100 youth to stand up for their country” — F. Sionil José Youth Copy Share Image
“Now listen...You are young and you don't know many things, but do remember this: you are alone in this earth. Alone. You… — F. Sionil José Cruel world Copy Share Image
For them who delay aging, who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty - they must rejoice in the fullness of their… — F. Sionil Jose Aging Copy Share Image
“This was one lesson that the war taught me - that every event in time presents opportunities that are recognizable only to… — F. Sionil José Time Copy Share Image
“If you loved someone for many years, you become instinctively aware of his feelings, even divine his thoughts and anticipate his actions,… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
“None will thank me for this, nor anyone will remember. -Istak” — F. Sionil José Gratitude Copy Share Image
What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition. — F. Sionil Jose Art Copy Share Image
In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They were also… — F. Sionil Jose Also Copy Share Image
You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the… — F. Sionil Jose Contemplation Copy Share Image
Sometimes we have to lie so that we do not needlessly hurt others. The important thing is that we are honest with… — F. Sionil José Honest Copy Share Image
I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike. — F. Sionil Jose Admired Copy Share Image
I have always admired teachers because teaching, like the priesthood, medicine and writing, is a vocation. You don't become a teacher because… — F. Sionil Jose Admired Copy Share Image
“And old Padre Jose telling him to read as much as he could for the world was open only to those who… — F. Sionil José Precious gift Copy Share Image
The obscenities of this country are not girls like you. It is the poverty which is obscene, and the criminal irresponsibility of… — F. Sionil José Country Copy Share Image
Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow… — F. Sionil Jose Afflicted Copy Share Image
I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to… — F. Sionil Jose About Copy Share Image
The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right… — F. Sionil Jose Between Copy Share Image
“Only with steadfast memories can we now be strong so as to undo the mistakes of the past, to begin anew and… — F. Sionil José Beginning Copy Share Image
“Why do people betray their brothers and eventually themselves? -The Cripple” — F. Sionil José Brotherhood Copy Share Image
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity. — F. Sionil Jose Egoism Copy Share Image
Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face. — F. Sionil José Faces Copy Share Image
You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts - in fact, the noblest of the arts. That… — F. Sionil Jose Ancient Copy Share Image
“...the mind can also be kind and does blot out those episodes of our existence that we can't erase in our consciousness.” — F. Sionil José Con Copy Share Image
