Author: F. Sionil Jose

Quotes

The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong.

The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong.

- F. Sionil Jose

Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.

Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.

- F. Sionil Jose

I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.

I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.

- F. Sionil Jose

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.

- F. Sionil Jose

Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.

Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.

- F. Sionil Jose

All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.

All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.

- F. Sionil Jose

When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

- F. Sionil Jose

A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.

A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.

- F. Sionil Jose

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